Table 1 Relative abundance and fauna of sand flies collected from three villages of Tahtay Adiyabo district, May 2011 to April 2012

Phlebotomus orientalis

5,360/2,606

14,547/1,150

26/22

23,711

23.53

P. rodhaini

17/13

29/33

0/0

92

0.09

P. bergeroti

26/20

15/13

2/3

79

0.08

P. martini

19/11

11/10

3/3

56

0.06

P. papatasi

14/16

6/4

0/3

43

0.04

P. duboscqi

5/9

1/6

1/5

27

0.03

P. alexandri

0/2

0/0

0/0

2

0.002

P. lesleyae

8/85

21/33

0/0

147

0.14

P. heischi

2/2

0/2

0/0

6

0.006

Sergentomyia africana

19,373/1,7812

10,301/10,423

406/1204

59,519

59.06

S. schwetzi

774/1,255

1,191/1,358

97/365

5,040

5.00

S. clydei

1,059/1,631

446/721

60/111

4,028

3.99

S. antennata

*346/276

*1398/1097

*74/344

3,535

3.51

S. bedfordi

270/388

421/402

13/32

1,526

1.51

S. dubia

*-/198

*-/894

*-/75

1,167

1.16

S. squamiplueris

146/278

129/64

6/6

629

0.62

S. adleri

132/168

105/122

36/48

611

0.61

S. calcarata

27/102

38/211

6/91

475

0.47

S. subtilis

4/11

11/18

0/0

44

0.04

S. adami

4/5

3/2

6/7

27

0.03

S. satti

2/0

0/0

0/0

2

0.002

S. christophersi

0/0

1/1

0/0

2

0.002

S. capensis

0/0

1/1

0/0

2

0.002

S. thomsoni

1/0

0/0

0/0

1

0.001

S. affinis

1/0

0/0

0/0

1

0.001

Total

27,590/24,888

28,675/16,565

736/2,318

100,772

100