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. 2010 Mar 9;4(3):e627. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000627

Table 1. Species list and abundance of Phlebotominae recovered from the understory on Barro Colorado Island, Panama.

Species Subgenus (Group) - Series Individuals Collected % (N) Individuals Infected Genbank Accession Numbers
Leishmania Wolbachia COI 18Sa 18Sb
Lutzomyia carpenteri (Fairchild and Hertig) (Aragaoi) - aragaoi 22 0 (20) 0 (20) GU001729-31 FJ977587 GU048921
Lutzomyia runoides (Fairchild and Hertig) (Aragaoi) - brasiliensis 1 0 (1) 0 (1) GU001754 FJ977598 GU048922
Lutzomyia aclydifera (Fairchild and Hertig) (Dreisbachi) 33 0 (20) 0 (20) GU001724, 25 FJ977588 GU048918
Lutzomyia triramula (Fairchild and Hertig) (Longispina) 32 0 (22) 0 (20) GU001766, 67 FJ977589 GU048911
Lutzomyia trinidadensis (Neustead) (Oswaldoi) 4 0 (2) 0 (4) GU001765 FJ977593 GU048926
Lutzomyia abonnenci (Floch and Chassignet) (Shannoni) 1 0 (1) 0 (1)
Lutzomyia ovallesi (Ortiz) (Verrucarum) - verrucarum 13 0 (13) 0 (13) GU001744-46 FJ977594 GU048916
Lutzomyia vespertilionis (Fairchild and Hertig) (Vespertilionis) 15 0 (15) 73.3 (15) GU001768, 69, 71,72 FJ977590 GU048910
Lutzomyia sp. nr vespertilionis (Vespertilionis) 1 0 (1) 100 (1) GU001770 FJ977591 GU048909
Lutzomyia sanguinaria (Fairchild and Hertig) (Vexator) 3 0 (3) 0 (3) GU001755-57 FJ977592 GU048923
Lutzomyia gomezi (Nitzulescu) Lutzomyia - cruciata 24 26.3 (19) 0 (20) GU001737-39 FJ977599 GU048914
Lutzomyia olmeca (Vargas and Diaz-Najera) Nyssomyia 15 0 (15) 0 (15) GU001741-43 FJ977585 GU048919
Lutzomyia trapidoi (Fairchild and Hertig) Nyssomyia 30 43.3 (30) 53.3 (30) GU001758-64 FJ977595 GU048920
Lutzomyia camposi (Rodriguez) Pressatia 18 0 (18) 0 (18) GU001726-28 FJ977582 GU048912
Lutzomyia dysponeta (Fairchild and Hertig) Pressatia 20 0 (18) 0 (19) GU001732, 33 FJ977583 GU048913
Lutzomyia carrerai thula (Young) Psychodopygus - panamensis 63 0 (18) 0 (16) GU001751-53 FJ977584 GU048924
Lutzomyia guyanensis ( = geniculata) (Floch and Abonnenc) Psychodopygus - panamensis 5 0 (5) 0 (5) GU001736 FJ977586 GU048925
Lutzomyia panamensis (Shannon) Psychodopygus - panamensis 133+ 0 (29) 0 (29) GU001747-50 FJ977596 GU048917
Brumptomyia galindoi (Fairchild and Hertig) 3 0 (3) 0 (3) GU001734, 35 FJ977581 GU048908
Brumptomyia hamata (Fairchild and Hertig) 1 0 (1) 0 (1) GU001740

The sand fly species collected (man-biting species in bold), their higher classification, the numbers of field-collected individuals, the percent and number which tested positive for Leishmania and Wolbachia using PCR and the Genbank accession numbers for the COI bar-code gene and two fragments of the nuclear-ribosomal 18S gene.