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Table 1 Order, family, genus, number and percent (%) for all of mosquito larvae predators captured throughout this study at all locations

From: Presence and distribution of mosquito larvae predators and factors influencing their abundance along the Mara River, Kenya and Tanzania

Order (n)

Family (common name)

Genus/species (sub-order)

n (%)

Hemiptera (161)

Gerridae

Hynesionella (Nepomorpha)

7 (2.4)

  

Limnogonus (Gerromorpha)

13 (4.4)

 

Hydrometridae

Hydrometra species

15 (5.1)

 

Veliidae

Rhagovelia (Heteroptera)

38 (12.8)

 

Notonectidae

Anisops (Anisoptera)

30 (10.1)

  

Enithares species

9 (3.0)

 

Pleidae (Water bug)

Pleidae species

8 (2.7)

 

Naucoridae

Naucoridae species

7 (2.4)

 

Nepidae

Ranatra species

10 (3.4)

  

Laccotrephes

24 (8.1)

Odonata (68)

Lestidae (Damselfly)

Lestes species

20 (6.7)

 

Coenagrionidae

Enallagma species

21 (7.0)

 

Libellulidae

Palpopleura

14 (4.7)

  

Orthetrum albistylum

13 (4.4)

Coleoptera (68)

Hydrophilidae (Water beetle)

Hydrochara caraboides

8 (2.7)

 

Dytiscidae

Laccophillus species

49 (16.7)

  

Copelatus species

4 (1.3)

  

Cybister species

6 (2.0)

  

Hydaticus species

1 (0.3)

TOTAL (N)

  

297 (100)