Table 2 Dominance index of phlebotomine species collected (2013–016) in different ecotopes, three vertical strata (P1A, P1B, P1C) and horizontal strata (P2, P3, P4), in Nísia Floresta, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil

Evandromyia walkeri

88.72^a

82.00^a

79.19^a

72.69^a

75.97^a

67.55^a

Psychodopygus wellcomei

9.63^b

15.52^a

18.32^a

18.10^a

2.85^c

1.47^d

Evandromyia evandroi

0.92^e

1.22^d

1.36^d

5.62^b

5.07^b

21.43^a

Lutzomyia longipalpis

0.05^e

0.12^e

0.23^e

1.27^d

13.62^a

4.20^c

Evandromyia lenti

0.08^e

0.12^e

0.15^e

1.14^d

2.12^c

4.87^c

Psathyromyia brasiliensis

0.33^e

0.76^e

0.52^e

0.20^e

0.01^e

0.12^e

Psathyromyia abonnenci

0.17^e

0.15^e

0.08^e

0.09^e

0.21^e

0.08^e

Sciopemyia sordellii

0.07^e

0.06^e

0.07^e

0.54^e

0.08^e

0.12^e

Micropygomyia schreiberi

0.02^e

0.05^e

0.06^e

0.33^e

0.06^e

0.16^e

Nyssomyia whitmani

0.00^e

0.00^e

0.01^e

0.00^e

0.00^e

0.00^e

Evandromyia sallesi

0.00^e

0.00^e

0.00^e

0.02^e

0.00^e

0.00^e

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100