Table 2.

List of the arthropod species present in our in-lab MALDI-TOF MS database

Mosquitoes	Anopheles gambiae, A. coluzzi, An. funestus, An. ziemanni, An. arabiensis, An. wellcomei, An. rufipes, An. pharoensis, An. coustani, An. claviger, An. hyrcanus, An. maculipennis, Culex quinquefasciatus, Cx. pipiens, Cx. modestus, Cx. insignis, Cx. neavei, Aedes albopictus, Ae. excrucians, Ae. vexans, Ae. rusticus, Ae. dufouri, Ae. cinereus, Ae. fowleri, Ae. aegypti, Ae. caspius, Mansonia uniformis, Orthopodomyia reunionensis, Coquillettidia richiardii and Lutzia tigripes
Ticks	Amblyomma. variegatum infected or not by Rickettsia africae, Rh. sanguineus, Rh. bursa, Rh. sulcatus, Hyalomma m. rufipes, I. ricinus, I. hexagonus, D. marginatus infected or not by R. slovaca, D. reticulates, Haemaphysalis concinna
	In ethanol: Am. cohaerens, Am. gemma, Am. variegatum, Ha. leachi, Hy. m.rufipes. Hy. truncatum, Hy. detritum, Rh. decoloratus, Rh. bergeoni, Rh e. evertsi, Rh. praetextatus, Rh. pulchellus, Rh. sanguineus, Rh. microplus, Rh. annulatus, Rh. turanicus, Rh.bursa
Triatomines	Triatoma infestans, Rhodnius prolixus, Rh. pictipes, Rh. robustus, Eratyrus mucronatus, Panstrongylus geniculatus
Bedbugs	Cimex lectularius
Fleas	Ctenocephalides felis, Ct. canis, Archaeopsylla erinacei, Xenopsylla cheopis and Stenoponia tripectinata
Mites	Leptotrombidium chiangraiensis, L. imphalum, L. deliense
Sandflies	Phlebotomus papatasi, P. (Larrousius) longicuspis), P. (Larrousius) perfiliewi, P. (Larrousius) perniciosus, P. (Paraphlebotomus) sergenti, Sergentomyia minuta
Lice	Damalinia bovis, D. caprae, D. ovis, Haematopinus eurysternus, Linognatus vituli, L. africanus, Pediculus humanus

Mosquito, tick, triatomine, bedbug reference spectra were obtained from legs protein extracts. Flea reference spectra were obtained from the whole body without abdomen protein extracts. Sandfly reference spectra were obtained from thorax, wings and legs protein extracts. Louse reference spectra were obtained from half of the body protein extracts. These species include field specimens or from insectary breeding, but also specimens collected from patients