Research Article

Physiological Age Structure and Leishmania spp. Detection in Phlebotomus (Larroussius) orientalis (Parrot, 1936) (Diptera: Psychodidae) at an Endemic Focus of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northern Ethiopia

Table 2

Abdominal status of female Phlebotomus spp. collected from agricultural fields in three different villages, May 2011 to April 2012.

SpeciesNumber of dissectedNumber of unfedNumber of freshly fedNumber of half-gravidNumber of gravidTotal
Adm.Lem.Men.Adm.Lem.Men.Adm.Lem.Men.Adm.Lem.Men.Adm.Lem.Men.

P. orientalis 1732648714420086242400311590524
P. bergeroti 0220110000000114
P. martini 2101000001100003
P. rodhaini 1301300000000004
P. papatasi 0100100000000001
P. duboscqi 0000000000000000
P. lesleyae 2310231000000000033
P. heischi 0200200000000002

Total17830489148238872424013215101571

Adm: Ademeyti; Lem: Lemlem; Men: Mentebteb.