Table 2.
Sex ratio and total sand flies trapped in Springfield and at the Bull Shoals Field Station (BSFS)
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| Lu. shannoni | Lu. vexator | Lu. shannoni | Lu. vexator | |||||||||
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| ♀ | ♂ | p | ♀ | ♂ | p | ♀ | ♂ | p | ♀ | ♂ | p | |
| II-June | 35 | 12 | 0.001 | 6 | 2 | 0.289 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| I-July | 2 | 2 | N/A | 31 | 25 | 0.504 | 6 | 5 | 1.000 | 40 | 39 | 1.000 |
| II-July | 8 | 20 | 0.036 | 18 | 10 | 0.185 | 7 | 9 | 0.804 | 4 | 1 | N/A |
| II- Aug | 11 | 34 | 0.001 | 52 | 71 | 0.104 | 14 | 15 | 1.000 | 28 | 31 | 0.795 |
| Total | 56 | 68 | 0.323 | 107 | 108 | 0.576 | 27 | 29 | 0.894 | 72 | 71 | 1.000 |
Sex ratio and numbers of sand flies collected during 2-week trapping periods showing in the left column. Significant statistical difference was found between number of females and males trapped in Springfield (p-value in bold and italic). Probability (p) according to Binomial test (alpha = 0.05) is shown for n>5; N/A, analysis not performed, n≤5.