Table 3 Mosquito species and range (mean ± SE) of physical parameters of rock pool on inselbergs in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Aedes vittatus

0.4–41 (5.9 ± 0.4)^a

1.5–1970 (60.7 ± 8.6)^a

23.3–36.5

7.05–12.69 (10.9 ± 0.1)^ab

0.0–276 (57.6 ± 10.9)^ab

0.0–572 (117.7 ± 21.5)^ab

10–130 (51.9 ± 9.2)^a

2.3–92.4 (24.9 ± 5.4)^a

30.3–545.4 (176.5 ± 26.9)^a

1.4–1.9 (1.63 ± 0.15)

1.0–1.4 (1.27 ± 0.13)

80–480 (257.6 ± 23.2)^a

0.2–12.50 (2.6 ± 0.8)^a

8.5–74.7 (23.8 ± 3.9)^a

2.0–111.0 (27.4 ± 5.6)^ab

Anopheles gambiae s.l.

2.0–65.0 (13.5 ± 2.3)^a

5.5–1970 (130.9 ± 65.1)^a

22.8–36.3

8.89–12.12 (10.7 ± 0.2)^abc

4–272 (59.9 ± 17.8)^ab

11–572 (123.2 ± 37.2)^ab

10–150 (76.7 ± 21.1)^a

2.3–178 (45.0 ± 28.0)^a

70–404 (212 ± 51.96)^a

ND

ND

80–430 (340 ± 54.2)^a

0.3–11.10 (5.3 ± 1.9)^a

2.9–109.4 (40.5 ± 15.7)^a

14–83 (44 ± 9.3)^a

Culex macfiei

3.2–14 (7.1 ± 1.6)^a

10.6–1970 (340.1 ± 272.7)^a

22.8–33.4

10.32–12.19 (11.2 ± 0.3)^ab

0^b

0^b

20^a

1.97^a

70.7^a

ND

ND

300^a

0.39^a

9.5^a

12^b

Culex perfidiosus

2–65 (17.0 ± 6.1)^a

10.9–120 (57.5 ± 12.7)^a

24.7–35

7.54–11.88 (10.3 ± 0.4)^bc

41–99 (68.7 ± 16.8)^ab

84–198 (136.3 ± 33.24)^a

60–150 (105 ± 45)^a

17–178 (97.5 ± 80.5)^a

70–404 (237 ± 167)^a

ND

ND

330–420 (375 ± 45)^a

6.2–11.10 (8.7 ± 2.5)^a

52.70–109.4 (81.1 ± 28.4)^a

33.3–50 (41.5 ± 8.5)^a

Culex p. pipiens

1–28 (7.7 ± 2.4)^a

6–345 (69.9 ± 28.1)^a

26.6–36.1

7.05–12.01 (10.4 ± 0.4)^bc

23–113 (78.3 ± 27.9)^a

51–198 (121.7 ± 42.53)^ab

10–150 (80 ± 70)^a

22.5–178 (100.3 ± 77.8)^a

373.7–404 (388.9 ± 15.15)^a

ND

ND

100–420 (260 ± 160)^a

0.7–11.1 (5.9 ± 5.2)^a

16.90–109.4 (63.2 ± 46.3)^a

15–50 (32.5 ± 17.5)^a

Culex simpsoni

20.5^a

23.5^a

31.8

10.07^c

99^a

198^a

150^a

178^a

404^a

ND

ND

420^a

11.1^a

109.4^a

50^a

P value

0.156 ns

0.522 ns

0.018*

0.008**

0 .008**

0 .268 ns

0.181 ns

0.099 ns

0.196 ns

0.238 ns

0.082 ns

0.008**