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Table 3 Accuracy of all predicted ixodid tick taxa versus horn fly Haematobia irritans, and accuracy of the identification of three species within the genus Dermacentor, based on identification of the source of the feces using partial least-square discriminant analysis models for Raman spectra data

From: Species identification of adult ixodid ticks by Raman spectroscopy of their feces

 

Tick

Fly

Predicted as tick feces

954

0

Predicted as fly feces

15

40

TPR%

98.45

100

 

Dermacentor albipictus

Dermacentor andersoni

Dermacentor variabilis

Predicted as D. albipictus

180

1

0

Predicted as D. andersoni

0

183

0

Predicted as D. variabilis

0

0

20

TPR%

100%

99.28

100