Species composition of phlebotomine sand flies and bionomics of Phlebotomus orientalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Tahtay Adiyabo district, Northern Ethiopia

Table 2 Mean numbers of P. orientalis collected by CDC light traps and sticky traps from three different sampling villages, May 2011 to April 2012

	Mean number ± SE of *P. orientalis*
Sampling villages	CDC light traps (trap/night)	Sticky traps (m ² /night)
Ademeyti	6.57 ± 1.57^a	9.84 ± 2.49a
Lemlem	4.53 ± 1.02^a	8.58 ± 2.69^a
Mentebteb	2.85 ± 0.58^b	3.75 ± 1.43^b

Mean values followed by different letters in the same column are statistically significant (Kruskal-Wallis test, P < 0.05).

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