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Table 4 Number (n) and relative abundance (%) of the sand fly species collected in relation to altitude

From: Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Greek Aegean Islands: ecological approaches

Species

Altitudinal range (masl)

0–100

101–200

201–300

301–400

401–500

501–600

> 600

Total

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

P. simici

142

22.1

140

21.8

104

16.2

211

32.9

14

2.2

31

4.8

0

0

642

P. neglectus

506

40.0

371

29.4

158

12.5

170

13.4

6

0.5

53

4.2

0

0

1264

P. perfiliewi

7

17.9

31

79.5

1

2.6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

39

P. tobbi

49

31.4

46

29.5

30

19.2

26

16.7

3

1.9

2

1.3

0

0

156

P. alexandri

1

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

P. similis

26

24.1

24

22.2

42

38.9

14

13.0

0

0

2

1.9

0

0

108

P. papatasi

6

50.0

6

50.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

S. dentata

26

11.6

185

82.2

11

4.9

2

0.9

1

0.4

0

0

0

0

225

S. minuta

152

29.8

106

20.8

120

23.5

51

10.0

11

2.2

70

5.9

0

0

510

Total

915

30.9

909

31.0

466

16.0

474

16.0

35

1.2

158

5.3

0

0

2957

  1. Notes: 61.6% sand flies were captured between 0-200 masl; 77.4% between 0–300 masl and 93.4% between 0–400 masl.