Table 4.
Comparison between the Amp-NGS method and the morphological method for identification of sand fly species
| Ph. sergenti | Ph. papatasi | Ph. syriacus | Ph. perfiliewi | Ph. tobbi | S. dentata | S. fallax | S. ghesquiere | S. schwetzi | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph. sergenti | 143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143 |
| Ph. papatasi | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Ph. perfiliewi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ph. tobbi | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| S. dentata | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| S. fallax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| S. theodori | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| S. tiberiades | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| S. christophers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 147 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 187 |