Modelling the spatial distribution of aquatic insects (Order Hemiptera) potentially involved in the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans in Africa

Table 1 Sources of presence data for the aquatic hemipteran families modelled, and the number of recorded locations in which traces of M. ulcerans DNA were detected on insects collected

Family	Source	No. of presences	Detected M. ulcerans			Reference
Family	Source	No. of presences	na	No	Yes	Reference
Naucoridae	GBIF	189	189			[74,75,76,77,78,79,80]
Naucoridae	Literature	250	245	2	3	[74,75,76,77,78,79,80]
Belostomatidae	GBIF	190	190			[7, 22, 74, 77, 79, 80]
Belostomatidae	Literature	43	37	1	5	[7, 22, 74, 77, 79, 80]
Notonectidae	GBIF	204	204			[7, 74, 77,78,79, 81]
Notonectidae	Literature	265	262	2	1	[7, 74, 77,78,79, 81]
Nepidae	GBIF	144	144			[74, 77,78,79,80]
Nepidae	Literature	90	88	1	1	[74, 77,78,79,80]
Gerridae^a	GBIF	138	138			[74, 79, 80]
Gerridae^a	Literature	96	96			[74, 79, 80]
Corixidae^a	GBIF	294	294			[7, 74, 77,78,79]
Corixidae^a	Literature	314	312		2	[7, 74, 77,78,79]

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