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Table 1 Morphometric analysis of the Adlerius sp. from Ethiopia, in comparison with other Adlerius species

From: An integrative approach to identify sand fly vectors of leishmaniasis in Ethiopia by morphological and molecular techniques

Species (country, reference)

Ascoid formula

Style length

Coxite length

No. of coxite hairs

Position coxite hairs

Aedeagus length

Aedeagus tip to tooth

Adlerius sp.a (Ethiopia, Pareyn)

2/3-7, 1/8-15

173 (158–188)

366 (355–387)

45 (36–52)

0.56 (0.51–0.57)

186 (181–195)

13 (11–15)

P. davidi (Yemen & Ethiopia, Artemiev [37])

2/3-7, 1/8-15

157 (156–160)

315 (300–328)

46 (38–59)

0.59 (0.55–0.64)

162 (152–172)

12 (10–14)

P. arabicus (Israel, PV, unpublished)

2/3-7

189 (176–206)

386 (370–428)

64 (55–76)

183 (176–206)

20 (17–25)

P. arabicus TYPEb (Saudi Arabia, Lewis & Büttiker [64])

2/7 (8)

190

360

57

0.59

190

P. arabicus HESUAc (Saudi Arabia, Lewis & Büttiker [64])

2/7 (8)

54 (42–69)

(0.50–0.59)

(12–22)

P. Naqben” species (Saudi Arabia, Lewis & Büttiker 1[64])

2/7

54–98

0.58

(15–22)

P. naqbenius (Saudi Arabia, Lewis & Büttiker, [65])d

   

53 (41–69)

   

P. naqbenius holotype (PV, unpublished)

2/7

185

357

60

172

16

P. naqbenius syntype (PV, unpublished)

2/7

196

381

80

0.6

185

21

  1. Notes: Measurements were collected from: afour males from Ethiopia; the holotype and syntype of P. naqbenius were loaned from The National History Museum, London, UK; bexamination of the type-series; cexamination of own samples from Hesua; dWe speculate that the authors attributed the numbers of the coxite hairs incorrectly; All measurements are in µm