Table 2.

Number of females of Lu. longipalpis, Pi. fischeri, and Mg. migonei fed on exposed dogs and feeding rate estimated under experimental conditions and comparison of the results of the χ² test between the experiments and between the species.

Experiment	Lu. longipalpis			Pi. fischeri			Mg. migonei
	Exp	Fed	Feeding rate	Exp	Fed	Feeding rate	Exp	Fed	Feeding rate
1	63	45	0.71	78	49	0.64	70	49	0.70
2*	65	46	0.71	72	33	0.46	23	12	0.52
3	48	32	0.67	145	78	0.53	82	47	0.57
4	110	91	0.83	201	144	0.72	–	–	–
5**	36	30	0.83	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	322	244	0.76	496	304	0.61	175	108	0.62
χ2	7.14; df = 4; p < 0.05			19.85; df = 3; p > 0.05			3.6; df = 2; p < 0.05

Lu. longipalpis × Pi. fischeri; χ² = 18.54; df = 1; p > 0.05, Lu. longipalpis × Mg. Migonei; χ² = 10.81; df = 1; p > 0.05, Pi. fischeri × Mg. migonei; χ² = 0.008; df = 1; p < 0.001.

^*Induced blood feeding.

^**Allochthonous canine case.