Table 2.
Abdominal status of female Phlebotomus species determined during dissection.
| Species | No. Collected* | No. fresh feds | No. gravid | No. unfed | No. parous (%)** | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humera | Metema | Humera | Metema | Humera | Metema | Humera | Metema | Humera | Metema | |
| P. orientalis | 115 | 802 | 3 | 281 | 58 | 172 | 54 | 334 | 16 (30.2) | 115 (34.4%) |
| P. papatasi | 109 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 21 (47.7) | 0 |
| P. bergeroti | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 (50) | 0 |
| P. duboscqi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 (25) | 0 |
| P. rodhaini | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| P. alexandri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Includes also the undissected female sandflies (15 P. orientalis from Metmea were missed out during dissection in the field)
**Based on dissection of the unfed female sandflies