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Table 1 Abundance of sand flies collected (with CDC and Shannon traps), during the study period of December 2014 to January 2016 in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

From: Ecology, feeding and natural infection by Leishmania spp. of phlebotomine sand flies in an area of high incidence of American tegumentary leishmaniasis in the municipality of Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

Environment/Species

Rural area

Urban area

Total

 

AC-90 road

Urban park

 
 

(n)

(n)

 

Bi. flaviscutellata

51

6

57

Br. avellari

9

0

9

Br. brumpti

0

1

1

Br. pentacantha

2

1

3

Brumptomyia sp.

7

1

8

Ev. infraspinosa

2

1

3

Ev. andersoni

1

1

Ev. saulensis

174

13

187

Ev. walkeri

85

3

88

Lu. evangelistai

1

0

1

Lu. gomezi

1

0

1

Lu. sherlocki

17

4

21

Mi. micropyga

1

3

4

Mi. trinidadensis

3

3

Micropygomia (Sauromyia) sp.

2

0

2

Mg. migonei

2

1

3

Ny. antunesi

35

23

58

Ny. shawi

7

0

7

Ny. whitmani

22

17

39

Pa. abonnenci

1

0

1

Pa. aragoia

1

0

1

Pa. abunaensis

1

0

1

Pa. bigeniculata

4

0

4

Psathyromyia sp.

2

0

2

Pi. nevesi

61

14

75

Pi. serrana

8

2

10

Pr. calcarata

132

6

138

Pr. choti

42

3

45

Pressatia sp.

84

2

86

Ps. carrerai carrerai

97

2

99

Ps. llanosmartinsi

7

7

Ps. amazonensis

1

1

Ps. ayrozai

5

5

Ps. claustrei

7

7

Ps. davisi

89

1

90

Ps. hirsutus hirsutus

47

47

Sc. servulolimai

1

1

2

Sciopemyia sp.

7

4

11

Th. auraensis

774

65

839

Th. brachipyga

11

1

12

Trichophoromyia sp.

500

37

537

Th .ubiquitalis

1

0

1

Total

2304*

213*

2517

  1. *Comparison for the abundance of collected sand flies in the rural and urban environment (Kruskal-Wallis test, H = 17,4, df = 42, P = 0.0002)