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. 2017 Mar 28;6:e22069. doi: 10.7554/eLife.22069

Table 2.

Number and origin of blood meals according to the fly species (Fsp), park and climatic season.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22069.005

Number of identified blood meals by fly species (Fsp)
Moukalaba-Doudou Lopé
Rainy season Dry season Rainy season Dry season
Taxonomic group/Order/Family Host species N° Identified Fsp1 Fsp2 Fsp3 Fsp4 Fsp5 Fsp1 Fsp2 Fsp3 Fsp4 Fsp5 Fsp8 Fsp1 Fsp2 Fsp3 Fsp4 Fsp5 Fsp1 Fsp2 Fsp3 Fsp4 Fsp5 Fsp6 Fsp7
Mammals
  Artiodactyla 295 1 4 3 8 1 1 7 1 14 2 1 2 3 3 4 1 3
   Bovidae Cephalophus
silvicultor
65
kobus
ellipsiprymnus
4 3 1
Syncerus caffer 126 3 5 7 1 1 3 2 9 2 1 10 5 7 1 2 8 1 6 1
Tragelaphus spekii 95 1 6 4 1 5 1 3 7 6 9 4 12 1
   Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus amphibius 2 1 1
   Suidae Potamochoerus
porcus
3 1 2
  Carnivora 1
   Herpestidae Herpestinae sp 1 1
  Primates 67
   Hominidae Gorilla gorilla 3 2 1
Homo sapiens 64 1 1 13 2 22 1 3 1 2 1 4 1
  Proboscidae 10
   Elephantidae Loxodonta cyclotis 10 7 1 2
Reptiles
  Crocodilia 23 3
   Crocodylidae Crocodylus niloticus 3
Mecistops
cataphractus
19 1 1 6
Osteolaemus tetraspis 1 1
  Squamata 12
   Pythonidae Python sebae 8 2
   Varanidae Varanus sp 4 2 1 1
  Testudines 16
   Testunidae Kinixys erosa 1 1
   Pelomedusidae Pelusios castaneus 3 1 1 1
Pelusios chapini 1 1
Pelusios marani 11 3 8
Birds
  Ciconiformes 4
   Ciconiidae Ciconia sp 4 1 2
8 orders/12 families 20 species 428 3 1 11 4 41 2 2 16 4 89 1 6 7 18 7 16 11 11 22 6 25 1 2

Fsp1 = Glossina caliginea; Fsp2 = G. fusca congolensis; Fsp3 = G. fuscipes fuscipes; Fsp4 = G. pallicera newsteadi; Fsp5 = G. palpalis palpalis; Fsp6 = Stomoxys calcitrans; Fsp7 = S. niger niger; Fsp8 = Chrysops sp.