Parasites & Vectors

Table 2 Abdominal status of female Phlebotomus species determined during dissection.

From: Further studies on the phlebotomine sandflies of the kala-azar endemic lowlands of Humera-Metema (north-west Ethiopia) with observations on their natural blood meal sources

Species	No. Collected*		No. fresh feds		No. gravid		No. unfed		No. parous (%)**
	Humera	Metema	Humera	Metema	Humera	Metema	Humera	Metema	Humera	Metema
P. orientalis	115	802	3	281	58	172	54	334	16 (30.2)	115 (34.4%)
P. papatasi	109	1	0	0	29	0	44	1	21 (47.7)	0
P. bergeroti	11	16	1	2	5	10	4	1	2 (50)	0
P. duboscqi	4	3	0	0	0	2	4	0	1 (25)	0
P. rodhaini	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	2
P. alexandri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

* Includes also the undissected female sandflies (15 P. orientalis from Metmea were missed out during dissection in the field)
**Based on dissection of the unfed female sandflies

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