Table 3.

Values of the Spearman’s correlation between the climatological variables and the frequency of males and females of Lutzomyia longipalpis

Variable	Males/trap/night		Females/trap/night
	Spearman’s coefficient	Significance level (95%)	Spearman’s coefficient	Significance level (95%)
PT10Da	0.21	0.32	0.30	0.14
TMX10Db	0.26	0.20	0.03	0.90
TMN10Dc	0.47*	0.02	0.39	0.05
PT20Dd	0.52*	0.01	0.63*	< 0.001
TMX20De	0.27	0.19	0.18	0.38
TMN20Df	0.50*	0.01	0.44*	0.03

*P < 0.05; values statistically significant

^aTotal rainfall 10 days before the capture

^bAverage maximum temperature 10 days before the capture

^cAverage minimum temperature 10 days before the capture

^dTotal rainfall 20 days before the capture

^eAverage maximum temperature 10 days before the capture

^fAverage minimum temperature 10 days before the capture