Table 1 Sand fly abundance and density across the five sampling villages in Merti sub-County
Sand fly species | Trapping villages | Abundance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kambi Juu | Barsa | Malkagala | Matt Arban | Korbesa | |||||||
N | D | N | D | N | D | N | D | N | D | N (%) | |
Ph. orientalis | 1 | 0.08 | 2 | 0.06 | 1 | 0.04 | 4 | 0.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 8 (1.52) |
S. africanus | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 (0.19) |
S. antennatus | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 (0.38) |
S. bedfordi | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 (0.19) |
S. clydei | 7 | 0.58 | 42 | 1.16 | 6 | 0.25 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 55 (10.46) |
S. inermis | 15 | 1.25 | 4 | 0.11 | 4 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0.75 | 32 (6.08) |
S. schwetzi | 12 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 13 (2.47) |
S. squamipleuris | 90 | 7.50 | 50 | 1.39 | 159 | 6.63 | 104 | 8.67 | 11 | 0.91 | 414 (78.71) |
Total | 125 | 10.41 | 101 | 2.81 | 171 | 7.13 | 109 | 9.08 | 20 | 1.66 | 526 (100) |