Table 4 Number of sand fly species attracted to different small wild mammals in agricultural fields at Tahtay Adiyabo district
| Â | Baits | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sand fly species | Squirrel | Hare | Gerbil | Spiny mouse | Control | |||||
| Â | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
P. orientalis | 955 | 2054 | 917 | 906 | 394 | 854 | 523 | 634 | 48 | 89 |
P. rodhaini | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
P. lesleyae | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
P. martini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. heischi | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
S. africana | 109 | 28 | 243 | 27 | 188 | 26 | 98 | 54 | 112 | 26 |
S. schwetzi | 8 | 18 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 6 | 65 |
S. clydei | 26 | 149 | 15 | 57 | 12 | 37 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 5 |
S. bedfordi group | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
S. antennata group | 8 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 |
S. adleri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1,121 | 2,262 | 1,213 | 1,039 | 640 | 943 | 675 | 746 | 182 | 194 |