Table 2 Distribution according to season and constancy index of sand fly specimens captured in the municipalities of Barreirinhas and Santo Amaro, MA, Brazil
Lutzomyia species | Rainy season | Dry season | Total | Constancy index | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |||
L. longipalpis | 42 | 87 | 139 | 274 | 237 | 229 | 250 | 349 | 107 | 60 | 110 | 51 | 1935 | 100.0 |
L. whitmani | 62 | 279 | 428 | 406 | 188 | 127 | 164 | 149 | 37 | 99 | 63 | 94 | 2096 | 100.0 |
L. lenti | 53 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 14 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 164 | 58.3 |
L. sordellii | 26 | 25 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 105 | 66.7 |
L. evandroi | 10 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | 15 | 4 | 42 | 58.3 |
L. flaviscutellata | 6 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 12 | 23 | - | - | 22 | 7 | 73 | 50.0 |
L. wellcomei | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 17 | 25.0 |
L. termitophila | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 22 | 41.7 |
L. intermedia | 10 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | 33.3 |
Total | 229 | 440 | 569 | 680 | 425 | 373 | 428 | 537 | 166 | 197 | 249 | 181 | 4474 | - |