Skip to main content

Table 2 Density of Phortica spp. captured (n = 1544) at Site 2 (El Escorial) and climate variables

From: Detection of Thelazia callipaeda in Phortica variegata and spread of canine thelaziosis to new areas in Spain

Month

Microclimate variables

Macroclimate variables

Fly density (flies captured per h)

 

Tset

RHset

Tmax daily

Tmin daily

Tmean daily

Tmean monthly

Rainfall monthly (mm)

Males

Females

June 2016

30.9

13.6

22.3

21.3

40.0

44.0

0.4

June 2016a

35.1

19.6

27.3

21.3

40.0

86.0

3.5

July 2016

29.3

10.7

20

24.0

34.8

91.5

0

August 2016

28.4

31.7

33.7

18.4

26.1

26.0

3.6

137.2

2.0

September 2016

25.2

24.4

27.7

14.1

20.9

21.2

14.8

56.5

60.5

October 2016

26.2

26.9

25.0

10.6

17.8

16.1

276.0

43.2

74.4

October 2016a

22.0

29.8

23.5

8.9

16.2

16.1

276.0

13.3

27.3

November 2016

13.8

3.7

8.8

8.6

186.8

0

0

April 2017

18.8

4.8

11.8

14.3

32.4

5.3

0

May 2017

29.0

32.4

30.8

17.2

24.0

17.9

29.4

10.4

0

June 2017

26.3

32.1

26.9

15.8

21.3

24.2

31.2

33.3

0

July 2017

26.2

25.2

30.3

15.1

22.7

24.6

188.6

16.0

0

August 2017

28.2

35.3

32.2

17.5

24.9

24.5

49.4

112.0

2.0

September 2017

24.0

23.4

24.9

16.6

20.8

20.3

0

38.0

16.0

  1. aMore than one sampling in the same month
  2. Abbreviations: T temperature (°C), RH relative humidity (%), T set temperature recorded at the time of capture, RH set relative humidity recorded at the time of capture, T max maximum temperature, T min minimum temperature, T mean mean temperature