Day PBM | Sand fly species | Females that finished defecation / Total N (%) | Significance of interspecific difference (Fisher’s exact test) | Females with the PM intact or slightly disintegrated / Females which did not defecate (%) | Females which the PM degraded / Females which did not defecate (%) | Significance of interspecific difference (Fisher’s exact test) |
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2 | S. schwetzi | 0/44 (0) | Not computed | 44/44 (100) | 0/44 (0) | P = 0.075 |
 | L. longipalpis | 0/33 (0) | 30/33 (91) | 3/33 (9) | ||
3 | S. schwetzi | 37/58 (64) | P = 1.000 | 17/21 (81) | 4/21 (19) | P = 0.001 |
 | L. longipalpis | 25/38 (66) | 3/13 (23) | 10/13 (77) | ||
4 | S. schwetzi | 45/58 (78) | P = 0.007 | 12/13 (92) | 1/13 (8) | Not computed |
 | L. longipalpis | 41/42 (98) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | ||
5 | S. schwetzi | 33/34 (97) | P = 1.000 | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) | Not computed |
 | L. longipalpis | 25/25 (100) | - | - | ||
9 | S. schwetzi | 72/73 (99) | P = 0.447 | 1/1 (100) | 0/1 (0) | Not computed |
 | L. longipalpis | 24/25 (96) | 0/1 (0) | 1/1 (100) |