Table 1. Species composition and relative abundance of phlebotomine sand flies collected by various methods in Libo-Kemkem (May 2011-April 2012) and Metema (October 2012-September 2013) districts in northwest Ethiopia.
| Species | Type of collections | Overall Total (%) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light trap | Sticky trap | Pyrethrum spray catch | ||||||||||||||
| Libo-Kemkem | Metema | Libo-Kemkem | Metema | Libo-Kemkem | Metema | Libo-Kemkem | Metema | |||||||||
| M/F | Total (%) | M/F | Total(%) | M/F | Total (%) | M/F | Total (%) | M/F | Total(%) | M/F | Total (%) | M/F | Total(%) | M/F | Total(%) | |
| P.orientalis | 4154/3159 | 7313(87.8) | 1729/1239 | 2967(9.4) | 1925/91 | 2016(82.2) | 1375/90 | 1466(16.6) | - | - | -/2 | 2(0.6) | 6079/3250 | 9329(86.6) | 3104/1331 | 4435(10.9) |
| P. rodhaini | -/1 | 1(0.01) | 52/147 | 199(0.63) | - | - | 22/30 | 52(0.6) | - | - | - | - | -/1 | 1(0.001) | 74/177 | 251(0.6) |
| P.duboscqi | - | - | 5/3 | 8(0.025) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5/3 | 8(0.02) |
| P.papatasi | - | - | 2/0 | 2(0.006) | - | - | 1/0 | 1(0.01) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3/0 | 3(0.007) |
| P.bergeroti | - | - | 26/4 | 30(0.095) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26/4 | 30(0.74) |
| P. martini | - | - | 1/1 | 2(0.006) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1/1 | 2(0.005) |
| S. clydei | 2/5 | 7(0.08) | 2914/6164 | 9078(28.8) | - | - | 982/1152 | 2134(24.2) | - | - | 2/2 | 4(1.2) | 2/5 | 7(0.001) | 3898/7318 | 11216(27.6) |
| S. africana | 14/31 | 45(0.5) | 2267/1092 | 3359(10.7) | 20/8 | 28 (1.1) | 462/357 | 819(9.3) | - | - | 22/54 | 76(23.9) | 34/39 | 73 (0.68) | /1503 | 4254(10.5) |
| S. bedfordi | 316/176 | 492(5.9) | 2731/3840 | 6571(20.87) | 138/65 | 203(8.2) | 360/355 | 715(8.1) | - | - | 2/14 | 16(5.04) | 454/241 | 695(6.5) | 3093/4209 | 7302(18.0) |
| S.schewtzi | 161/4 | 165(1.98) | 564/1148 | 1712(5.4) | 50/3 | 53 (2.2) | 537/680 | 1217(13.8) | - | - | - | - | 211/7 | 218(2.02) | 1101/1828 | 2929(7.3) |
| S.squamiplueris | 144/154 | 298 (3.73) | 1702/2179 | 3881(12.3) | 56/99 | 155 (6.3) | 909/1097 | 2006(22.7) | - | - | 1/1 | 2(0.6) | 200/253 | 453(4.2) | 2612/3277 | 5889(14.6) |
| S. adleri | - | - | 40/24 | 64(0.2) | - | - | 26/1 | 27(0.3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66/25 | 91(0.22) |
| S. antennata | - | - | 2666/911 | 3577(11.4) | - | - | 178/207 | 385(4.4) | - | - | 13/203 | 216(68.1) | - | - | 2857/1321 | 4178(10.3) |
| S. yusafi | - | - | 4/0 | 4(0.012) | - | - | 3/0 | 3(0.03) | - | - | - | - | - | 7/0 | 7(0.017) | |
| S. affinis | - | - | 2/0 | 2(0.006) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2/0 | 2(0.005) |
| S. buxtoni | - | - | 2/1 | 3(0.009) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2/1 | 3(0.074) |
| S. dubia | - | - | 1/27 | 28(0.08) | - | - | 0/4 | 4 (0.05) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1/31 | 32(0.08) |
| S. suberecta | - | - | 1/1 | 2(0.006) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1/1 | 2(0.005) |
| S. christophersi | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/1 | 1(0.3) | - | - | 0/1 | 1(0.005) |
| Total | 4791/3530 | 8321(77.2) | 14709/16781 | 31490(77.5) | 2189/266 | 2455(22.8) | 4855/3973 | 8828(21.7) | - | - | 40/277 | 317(0.8) | 6980/3796 | 10,776 | 19605/21030 | 40635 |