The taxonomic status of Ae. In 1975, G.B. White wrote that the African specimens of Ae. In Barkedji, in the dry sahelian region of S n gal, female Ae. vexans lay eggs on the soil of temporary ground pools. The adult Ae. Evaluating the trophic preferences of mosquitoes is difficult and highly dependent on the sampling methods.
Some species are highly host-specific, but most species feed on a range of different host animals.
Despite numerous human bites by Ae. vexans and Ae. Females that fed on cattle, sheep, goats, horses, and even chickens were identified. Table 3 . Because of low host specificity, many different viruses, including RVF, can be transmitted to many vertebrate species. More than 30 viruses belonging to different groups have been isolated from Ae.