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. 2018 Dec 3;100(1):47–53. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.18-0657

Table 1.

List of the arthropod species present in our homemade MALDI-TOF MS database

Mosquitoes Imago: Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Aedes alternans, Aedes australis, Aedes caspius, Aedes cinereus, Aedes dufouri, Aedes flavifrons, Aedes fowleri, Aedes multiplex, Aedes notoscriptus, Aedes polynesiensis, Aedes procax, Aedes vexans, Aedes vigilax, Aedes vittiger, Anopheles annulipes, Anopheles arabiensis, Anopheles claviger, Anopheles coluzzi, Anopheles coustani, Anopheles funestus, Anopheles gambiae Giles, Anopheles hyrcanus, Anopheles maculipennis, Anopheles pharoensis, Anopheles rufipes, Anopheles wellcomei, Anopheles ziemani, Coquillettidia richiardii, Coquillettidia xanthogaster, Culex annulirostris, Culex australicus, Culex insignis, Culex modestus, Culex molestus, Culex neavei, Culex orbostiensis, Culex pipiens, Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex perexiguus, Culex rima, Cx. sitiens, Culex watti, Culiseta longiareolata, Lutzia tigripes, Mansonia uniformis, Ochlerothatus rusticus, O. excrucians, Orthopodomyia reunionensis, and Verralina funerea
Larvae: Ae. albopictus, Ae. aegypti, An. coluzzi, An. gambiae, Cx. molestus, Cx. pipiens, and Culiseta sp.
Lice Pediculus humanus, Damalinia bovis, Damalinia caprae, Damalinia ovis, Haematopinus eurysternus, Linognatus vituli, and L. africanus
Fleas Archaeopsylla erinacei, Ctenocephalides felis, Culex canis, and Xenopsylla chopis
Pulex irritans, Stenoponia tripectinata, Nosopsyllus fasciatus, and Cx. canis
Ticks Legs: Amblyomma variegatum, Dermacentor marginatus, D. marginatus–infected with R. slovaca, D. reticulatus, Haemaphysalis concinna, Haemaphysalis punctata, Hyalomma m. rufipes, Ixodes hexagonus, Ixodes ricinus, Rhipicephalus bursa, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Rh. sanguineus–infected with Rickettsia conorii, Rh. sanguineus–infected with R. massiliae, and Rh. sulcatus
Amblyomma gemma, Amblyomma cohaerens, Am. variegatum, Argas persicus, Haemaphysalis leachi, Hae. punctata, Haemaphysalis spinulosa, Hyalomma detritum, Hy. m. rufipes, Hyalomma truncatum, I. ricinus, Ornithodoros sonrai, Rhipicephalus annulatus, Rhipicephalus bergeoni, Rh. bursa, Rhipicephalus decoloratus, Rhipicephalus e. evertsi, Rhipicephalus microplus, Rhipicephalus praetextatus, Rhipicephalus pulchellus, and Rh. sanguineus
Hemolymph: Am. variegatum–infected with Rickettsia africae, D. marginatus, Hy. m. rufipes, Rh. bursa, and Rh. sanguineus
Bed bugs Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus
Triatominae Eratyrus mucronatus, Panstrongylus geniculatus, Rhodnius prolixus, Rhodnius pictipes, Rhodnius robustus, and Triatoma infestans
Sand flies Phlebotomus papatasi, Phlebotomus longicuspis, Phlebotomus perfiliewi, Phlebotomus perniciosus, Phlebotomus sergenti, Sergentomyia minuta
Mite Leptotrombidium chiangraiensis, Leptotrombidium imphalum, and Leptotrombidium deliense
Blattidae Supella longipalpa, Periplaneta americana, Blatta orientalis, Blatella germanica, and Blaptica dubia
Flies Melophagus ovinus and Hippobosca equina
Abdomen of mosquitoes engorged An. gambiae Giles fed on Homo sapiens, Equus caballus, Ovis aries, rabbit, Balb/C. mouse, Rattus norvegicus, Canis familiaris, Bos taurus, Capra hircus, Gallus gallus, Equus asinus, Tapirus indicus, Tapirus terrestris, Carollia perspicillata, Thraupis episcopus, Erythrocebus patas, and Callithrix pygmaea blood
Ae. albopictus fed on H. sapiens blood