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. 2015 Apr 25;8:248. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0849-7

Table 1.

Relative abundance and fauna of sand flies collected from three villages of Tahtay Adiyabo district, May 2011 to April 2012

Sand fly species CDC light traps Sticky traps Indoor space sprays Total Relative frequency (%)
M/F M/F M/F
Phlebotomus orientalis 5,360/2,606 14,547/1,150 26/22 23,711 23.53
P. rodhaini 17/13 29/33 0/0 92 0.09
P. bergeroti 26/20 15/13 2/3 79 0.08
P. martini 19/11 11/10 3/3 56 0.06
P. papatasi 14/16 6/4 0/3 43 0.04
P. duboscqi 5/9 1/6 1/5 27 0.03
P. alexandri 0/2 0/0 0/0 2 0.002
P. lesleyae 8/85 21/33 0/0 147 0.14
P. heischi 2/2 0/2 0/0 6 0.006
Sergentomyia africana 19,373/1,7812 10,301/10,423 406/1204 59,519 59.06
S. schwetzi 774/1,255 1,191/1,358 97/365 5,040 5.00
S. clydei 1,059/1,631 446/721 60/111 4,028 3.99
S. antennata *346/276 *1398/1097 *74/344 3,535 3.51
S. bedfordi 270/388 421/402 13/32 1,526 1.51
S. dubia *-/198 *-/894 *-/75 1,167 1.16
S. squamiplueris 146/278 129/64 6/6 629 0.62
S. adleri 132/168 105/122 36/48 611 0.61
S. calcarata 27/102 38/211 6/91 475 0.47
S. subtilis 4/11 11/18 0/0 44 0.04
S. adami 4/5 3/2 6/7 27 0.03
S. satti 2/0 0/0 0/0 2 0.002
S. christophersi 0/0 1/1 0/0 2 0.002
S. capensis 0/0 1/1 0/0 2 0.002
S. thomsoni 1/0 0/0 0/0 1 0.001
S. affinis 1/0 0/0 0/0 1 0.001
Total 27,590/24,888 28,675/16,565 736/2,318 100,772 100

*Males of S. antennata and S. dubia are morphologically difficult to distinguish with certainty (Abonnenc and Minter [11]).