Table 5. Overview of sand fly species and the number of respective collected specimens in the surveyed districts.
| Vector species | Subgenus | vector for 1,2 | Lori | Kotayk | Shirak | Ararat | Yerevan | Syunik | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. (Ad.) balcanicus Theodor | Adlerius | Leishmania infantum 1 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 64 |
| P. (Ad.) simici Nitzulescu | Adlerius | Leishmania infantum2 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| P. (La.) kandelakii Shchurenkova | Larroussius | Leishmania infantum1 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | ||
| P. (La.) neglectus Tonnoir | Larroussius | Leishmania infantum2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| P. (Pa.) alexandri Sinton | Paraphlebotomus | Leishmania infantum2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | ||||
| P. (P.) papatasi Scopoli | Phlebotomus | Leishmania major1 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 43 | 27 | 134 | |
| P. (Pa.) caucasicus Marzinowsky | Paraphlebotomus | Leishmania major1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| P. (Pa.) sergenti Perfiliev | Paraphlebotomus | Leishmania tropica1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| P. (Pa.) mongolensis Sinton4 | Paraphlebotomus | Leishmania major2 | 3 | 3 | |||||
| S. (S.) minuta Rondani | Sergentomyia | Sauroleishmania3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| S. (S.) pawlowsky Perfiliev | Sergentomyia | Sauroleishmania | 4 | 11 | 7 | 22 |
1 Reported as proven vector for the respective Leishmania species in different countries; the two proven vectors for visceral leishmaniasis in Southern Caucasus are marked in bold letters;
2 Known as potential vector in different countries;
3 A first report about a naturally infected S. minuta with L major was published recently [67];