Table 1 Fauna and distribution of sandflies collected from six districts along the Khuzestan boundaries, characterized based on morphological feature examinations and molecular analyses (M: male, F: female; data on sandflies that were not collected are not shown in this table)
Phlebotomus | Sequenced genes | Sergentomyia | Sequenced genes | Total sandflies | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection site | Phlebotomus | Paraphlebotomus | Sergentomyia | Parrotomyia | Parvidens | Sintonius | ||||||||||||||||||||
P. papatasi | P. sergenti | P. alexandri | S sintoni. | S. antennata | S. dentata | S. baghdadis | S. iranica | S. tiberiadis | S. clydei | |||||||||||||||||
District | Location | Villages | Altitude (m.a.s.l) | M | F | M | M | F | Cyt b | EF-1α | M | F | M | F | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Cyt b | EF-1α | |
Shush | West | Haft tappeh | 43–60 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 44 | |||||||
Hanush | 11 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||||||
Dashte-Azadegan | Bostan | Mihan Abad | 10 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 79 | |||||||||||
Susangerd | Susangerd | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||
Howeyzeh | BaniAmeh | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 41 | |||||||||||||||||
Ahvaz | North/ South-west | Hamidieh | 9 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 45 | ||||||||||||
Ahvaz-Abadan road | 10 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
Gheyzaniyeh kuchak | 7–9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Seyedhasan | 8 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||
Shadegan | West | Darkhovin | 6 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 40 | |||||||||||
Mashmuli | 9–10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
Shadegan | 6–10 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||||||
Khorramshahr | Eastern Houmeh | Sheneh | 6.6 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 54 | ||||||||||
Marzi | 6.4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hanishieh | 7.3 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Western Houmeh | Arayez | 7 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
Maslavi | 6.8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
Abadan | Nasar | Rofaye | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 75 | |||||||||||
Northern Bahmanshir | Radeh Madan | 3–5 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 49 | |||||||||||||||
Kherkhereh | 3–6 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
AlbuEbadi | 5–6 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
Southern Bahmanshir | Radeh Sadat | 3–5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
Abushanak | 4–5 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
Riverside | Arvandroud | 1–2 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 110 | |||||||||||||||
Total (%) | 575 (64.39) | 2 (0.22) | 316 (35.39) | 43 | 36 | 241 (75.31) | 2 (0.625) | 3 (0.94) | 65 (20.31) | 3 (0.94) | 3 (0.94) | 3 (0.94) | 35 | 31 | 1213 | |||||||||||
893 | 320 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||