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Table 1 Nocturnally active sandfly species captured using CDC light traps in Tahtay Adiyabo district, January-June 2013

From: Nocturnal periodicity of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) orientalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Northern Ethiopia

 

Number of sandflies collected

 

Sandfly Species

Male

Female

Total

Relative frequency (%)

P. orientalis

5,343

1,995

7,338

33.79

P. bergeroti

54

17

71

0.33

P. lesleyae

9

20

29

0.13

P. rodhaini

6

15

21

0.09

P. heischi

6

11

17

0.08

P. duboscqi

7

8

15

0.07

P. martini

3

6

9

0.04

P. papatasi

1

2

3

0.01

P. alexandri

0

1

1

0.005

Sergentomyia spp.

8,729

5,483

14,212

65.44

Total

14,158

7,558

21,716

100