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 6 Indoor and outdoor abundance of P. orientalis determined by sticky traps in Tahtay Adiyabo district, May 2011 to April 2012

Habitat type	Total no. males (mean/m ² trap/night ± SE)	Total no. females (mean/m ² trap/night ± SE)	Total no. (mean/m ² trap/night ± SE)
Indoor	29 (0.05 ± 0.02)^a	23 (0.04 ± 0.01)^a	52 (0.08 ± 0.03)^a
Outdoor*	14,519 (5.72 ± 1.31)^b	1,382 (0.58 ± 0.10)^b	15,901 (6.30 ± 1.39)^b

Mean values followed by different letters in the same column are significantly different (Mann Whitney U-test, P < 0.05).
*Outdoor (combined collections of peri-domestic and agricultural field).

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