Diversity and Bionomics of Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of an Endemic Focus of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Zagora Province, Southeast of Morocco

Table 1

Population, abundance, and sex ratio of sandfly species in the two stations studied.

	Touna Niaaraben					Ksar Mougni					Total
	No. of collected sandflies			FR (%)	SR	No. of collected sandflies			FR (%)	SR	No. of collected sandflies (male/female)	FR (%)	SR
	Male	Female	Total			Male	Female	Total
Ph. papatasi	274	243	517	22.7	1 : 0.9	666	331	997	44.7	1 : 0.5	1514	33.6	1 : 0.6
Ph. longicuspis	194	256	450	19.8	1 : 1.3	329	378	707	31.7	1 : 1.1	1157	25.7	1 : 1.2
Ph. sergenti	44	15	59	2.6	1 : 0.3	49	13	62	2.8	1 : 0.3	121	2.7	1 : 0.3
Ph. alexandri	458	493	951	41.8	1 : 1.1	72	129	201	9.0	1 : 1.8	1152	25.6	1 : 1.2
Ph. chabaudi	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0.2	1 : 0.7	5	0.1	1 : 0.7
Ph. bergeroti	7	38	45	2.0	1 : 5.4	2	24	26	1.2	1 : 12.0	71	1.6	1 : 6.9
Ph. kazeruni	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0.2	0	4	0.1	0
Se. shwetzi	40	22	62	2.7	1 : 0.6	16	9	25	1.1	1 : 0.6	87	1.9	1 : 0.6
Se. minuta	2	9	11	0.5	1 : 4.5	19	13	32	1.4	1 : 0.7	43	1.0	1 : 1.0
Se. fallax	84	29	113	5.0	1 : 0.3	59	36	95	4.3	1 : 0.6	208	4.6	1 : 0.5
Se. africana	2	8	10	0.4	1 : 4	9	7	16	0.7	1 : 0.8	26	0.6	1 : 1.4
Se. dreyfussi	4	19	23	1.0	1 : 4.8	10	22	32	1.4	1 : 2.2	55	1.2	1 : 2.9
Se. clydei	3	31	34	1.5	1 : 10.3	19	8	27	1.2	1 : 0.4	61	1.4	1:.1.8
Total	1112	1163	2275	100	1 : 1.04	1257	972	2229	100	1 : 0.8	4504	100	1 : 0.9

FR: relative frequency; SR: sex ratio.