Table 1. Distribution of sandfly specimens and pools according to the sampling locations in Iran.
| Number of sandflies | Number of pools | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Province | City | Village | Species | Female | Male | Female | Male |
| Qum | Qum | Sub urban | P. papatasi | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Qum | Qum | Jannat abad | P. papatasi | 30 | 60 | 1 | 2 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 41 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Qum | Qum | Koohe sefid | P. papatasi | 103 | 50 | 5 | 2 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 103 | 30 | 3 | 1 | |||
| P. alexandri | 10 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P. masciti | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Semnan | Garmsar | Rikan | P. papatasi | 60 | 74 | 2 | 3 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P. tobbi | - | 5 | - | 1 | |||
| P. sergenti | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Semnan | Garmsar | Emamzade abdollah | P. papatasi | 221 | 180 | 8 | 6 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 69 | 36 | 3 | 1 | |||
| P. alexandri | 2 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Unknown | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Semnan | Garmsar | Shah sefid | P. papatasi | 90 | 60 | 3 | 2 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 43 | 13 | 2 | 1 | |||
| P. alexandri | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P. sergenti | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Golestan | Dasliboroun | Dasliboroun | P. papatasi | 26 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 97 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Golestan | Dasliboroun | Daneshmand | P. papatasi | 47 | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 52 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Golestan | Dasliboroun | Kheir khaje | P. papatasi | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 2 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P. caucasicus | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Golestan | Dasliboroun | Shordakesh | P. papatasi | 440 | 328 | 16 | 11 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 1093 | 196 | 37 | 7 | |||
| P. mongolensis | - | 5 | - | 1 | |||
| Unknown | 29 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P. caucasicus | 5 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P. sergenti | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| North Khorasan | Esfarayen | Zotg abad | P. papatasi | 15 | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P. caucasicus | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| North Khorasan | Esfarayen | Charborj | P. papatasi | 22 | - | 1 | - |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Bushehr | Borazjan | Zirah | P.bergeroti | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| P.papatasi | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Sergentomiya spp | 4 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Bushehr | Borazjan | Dehrood | Sergentomiya spp | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| P.papatasi | 7 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Bushehr | Borazjan | Booshkan | Sergentomiya spp. | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| P.mongolensis | - | 11 | - | 2 | |||
| P.alexandri | 6 | - | 2 | - | |||
| P.papatasi | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | |||
| P.sergenti | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Unknown paraphlebotomus | 9 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Bushehr | Borazjan | Nanizak | P.mongolensis | - | 3 | - | 1 |
| P.caucasicus s. l. | - | 3 | - | 1 | |||
| P.papatasi | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P.alexandri | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Sergentomiya spp. | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Bushehr | Borazjan | Arghoon | P.alexandri | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Esfahan | Koohpaye | Jabal | P.sergenti | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| P.caucasicus s.l. | 3 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P.papatasi | 7 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P.major s.l. | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Esfahan | Gazborkhar | Sin | P.papatasi | - | 4 | - | 1 |
| P.sergenti | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Esfahan | Esfahan | Suburban | P.papatasi | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P. mongolensis | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| P.alexandri | 7 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P.bergeroti | - | 5 | - | 1 | |||
| Hormozgan | Hajiabad | Nesa | Sergentomiya spp | 26 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| P.alexandri | 36 | - | 2 | - | |||
| P.mongolensis | - | 9 | - | 1 | |||
| P.bergeroti | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P.papatasi | 47 | 17 | 2 | 1 | |||
| P.caucasicus s.l. | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P.sergenti | 30 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Unknown | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Hormozgan | Hajiabad | Shahrood | P.caucasicus s.l | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Sergentomiya spp | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P.mongolensis | - | 3 | - | 1 | |||
| P.alexandri | 30 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P.papatasi | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P.sergenti | - | 20 | - | 1 | |||
| P.bergeroti | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Hormozgan | Hajiabad | Tashquieh | P.papatasi | 111 | 45 | 4 | 3 |
| P.sergenti | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P.alexandri | 4 | - | 2 | - | |||
| P.mongolensis | - | 2 | - | 1 | |||
| Unknown paraphlebotomus | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Hormozgan | Hajiabad | Jaein | P.papatasi | 62 | 50 | 3 | 2 |
| P.alexandri | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Sergentomiya spp | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P.caucasicus s.l | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Unknown | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Hormozgan | Bandar-abbas | Chooj | Sergentomiya spp | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Fars | Farash-band | Shoor-abad | P.papatasi | 26 | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| Sergentomiya spp. | 2 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P.alexandri | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Fars | Farash band | Jaein | P.papatasi | 30 | - | 1 | - |
| Fars | Farash band | - | Sergentomiya spp | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| - | P.papatasi | - | 14 | - | 1 | ||
| - | P.sergenti | 1 | - | 1 | - | ||
| Fars | Farash-band | EmamZadeh | P.papatasi | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| P.caucasicus s. l. | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Sergentomiya spp | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P.alexandri | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P.sergenti | - | 2 | - | 1 | |||
| Western Azerbaijan | Miandoab | Sarchenar | P.papatasi | 68 | 55 | 5 | 8 |
| Western Azerbaijan | Miandoab | Mirza-nezam | P.papatasi | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| P.major s.l. | 3 | - | 2 | - | |||
| Sergentomiya spp. | 4 | - | 2 | - | |||
| P.caucasicus s.l | 4 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P.sergenti | 4 | - | 1 | - | |||
| P. kandelakii | 1 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Western Azerbaijan | Miandoab | Hamidloo | P.papatasi | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| P.sergenti | 6 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Western Azerbaijan | Miandoab | Badam | P.papatasi | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Western Azerbaijan | Miandoab | Nuwroozloo | P.papatasi | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Western Azerbaijan | Miandoab | Esmailkandi | P.papatasi | 11 | 15 | 2 | 2 |
| Western Azerbaijan | Miandoab | Ghopi-Babaali | P.papatasi | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Western Azerbaijan | Miandoab | Zeynalkandi | P.papatasi | 4 | - | 1 | - |
| Kerman | Bam | Bravat | Sergentomiya spp | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| P.papatasi | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P.sergenti | - | 2 | - | 1 | |||
| Kerman | Bam | Suburb | Sergentomiya spp | 6 | - | 1 | - |
| P.papatasi | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P.sergenti | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| P.caucasicus s.l | 3 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Total | 3158 | 1612 | 198 | 117 | |||