Table 1. Phlebotomus sand fly species in the Galilee foci, northern Israel*.
Species | Northern focus |
Southern focus |
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No. (%) females | No. (%) males | No. (%) females | No. (%) males | |
P. (Adlerius) arabicus | 62 (15) | 234 (22) | – | – |
P. (Adlerius) simici | 35 (9) | 118 (11) | – | – |
P. (Paraphlebotomus) sergenti | 131 (32) | 317 (29) | 267 (91) | 532 (92) |
P. (Laroussius) tobbi | 167 (40) | 337 (31) | 11 (4) | 23 (4) |
P. (Laroussius) syriacus | – | 12 (1) | 8 (3) | 16 (2) |
P. (Laroussius) perfiliewi | 10 (2) | 31 (3) | 1 (<1) | 2 (<1) |
P. (Phlebotomus) papatasi | 9 (2) | 28 (3) | 5 (2) | 7 (1) |
Total | 414 | 1,077 | 292 | 580 |
*Species comprising <1% of the fauna (1 P. [Paraphlebotomus] alexandri and 3 P. [Adlerius] halepensis) found in the southern focus were not included.