Table 1. Cellular composition of Drosophila and mosquito brains.

	Whole brain		Central brain		Optic lobe		Male		Female
	Estimates	CV	Estimates	CV	Estimates	CV	Estimates	CV	Estimates	CV
Drosophila melanogaster
All cells (103)	217.12 ± 4.55	0.08	108.66 ± 2.55	0.07	119.68 ± 2.87	0.07	220.17 ± 6.54	0.08	213.64 ± 6.56	0.08
Neuronal cells (103)	199.38 ± 3.40	0.06	101.14 ± 3.65	0.11	107.27 ± 2.72	0.08	199.17 ± 5.55	0.07	199.17 ± 4.08	0.07
Non-Neuronal cells (103)	17.74 ± 3.50	0.74	7.52 ± 2.15	0.86	12.42 ± 3.06	0.74	21.00 ± 4.49	0.53	12.27 ± 5.08	0.60
Aedes aegypti
All cells (103)	248.53 ± 4.05	0.06	125.22 ± 2.56	0.07	121.39 ± 4.19	0.11	242.67 ± 4.30	0.05	255.24 ± 6.57	0.07
Neuronal cells (103)	217.91 ± 6.18	0.11	109.14 ± 3.55	0.12	112.00 ± 4.28	0.13	216.42 ± 8.48	0.10	219.62 ± 9.69	0.11
Non-Neuronal cells (103)	30.62 ± 4.38	0.54	16.08 ± 2.94	0.63	9.39 ± 2.23	0.79	26.25 ± 5.06	0.51	35.62 ± 7.35	0.51
Anopheles coluzzii
All cells (103)	253.04 ± 2.43	0.04	125.40 ± 2.65	0.06	121.62 ± 3.94	0.12	252.25 ± 3.15	0.03	251.75 ± 4.24	0.05
Neuronal cells (103)	223.02 ± 4.65	0.08	105.13 ± 3.67	0.11	107.14 ± 3.09	0.10	222.88 ± 5.80	0.07	223.17 ± 7.70	0.09
Non-Neuronal cells (103)	30.02 ± 4.26	0.55	20.27 ± 2.69	0.40	14.48 ± 3.41	0.85	20.78 ± 7.35	0.66	28.58 ± 6.04	0.56
Culex quinquefasciatus
All cells (103)	254.18 ± 3.77	0.06	134.13 ± 6.62	0.16	118.89 ± 2.78	0.74	253.83 ± 5.21	0.06	254.57 ± 5.91	0.06
Neuronal cells (103)	225.91 ± 7.22	0.12	108.53 ± 7.99	0.18	110.67 ± 3.95	0.11	234.00 ± 6.06	0.07	236.67 ± 3.61	0.17
Non-Neuronal cells (103)	28.27 ± 6.75	0.92	25.60 ± 5.98	0.74	8.2 ± 2.21	0.85	19.83 ± 5.06	0.52	25.4 ± 2.21	0.72

Values are mean ± SEM (standard error mean); Coefficient of variation (CV) = standard deviation/mean; total number of cells (10³).