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. 2006 Dec;12(12):1860–1868. doi: 10.3201/eid1212.060497

Table 1. Phlebotomus sand fly species in the Galilee foci, northern Israel*.

Species Northern focus
Southern focus
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.