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Table 1.

Species composition of the Phlebotominae sand fly fauna of Tapajós National forest (Tapajós FLONA), in the Lower Amazon region, western Pará State, Brazil (2002–2003).

S Species CDC ground
CDC canopy
Shannon
Tree bases
Total % Abundance
F M F M F M F M ISA SISA Rank
1 Ps.complexus/wellcomei * 59 17/23 58 2/3 1114** 52/62 1390 14.3 8.25 0.827 4th
2 Ny. umbratilis * 173 26 340 63 326 16 20 16 980 10 3.25 0.946 1st
3 Th. ubiquitalis * 170 510 27 28 23 21 7 2 788 8.1 7.75 0.839 3rd
4 Ny. whitmani * (6) 170 (3) 66 161 (1) 210 105 (2) 2 7 29 750 7.7 4.25 0.922 2nd
5 Th. castanheirai 55 565 6 40 12 8 686 7 17.75 0.601 15th
6 Ps. davisi * (2) 63 40 36 5 288 (2)** 62 1 495 5.1 8.75 0.815 5th
7 Mi. rorotaensis 59 21 34 9 15 45 255 438 4.5 10.75 0.767 7th
8 Ny. shawi (1) 94 (1) 5 99 1 87 3 1 290 2.9 9.5 0.797 6th
9 Ps. paraensis * 21 15 20 4 134 82 1 277 2.8 13 0.714 10th
10 Ps. c. carrerai 16 5 48 7 142 47 265 2.7 20.5 0.535 18th
11 Ps. leonidasdeanei 26 6 5 196** 11 244 2.5 23.5 0.464 25th
12 Ny. anduzei * 26 7 50 69 85 2 1 240 2.4 12.25 0.732 9th
13 Ty. longispina 4 216 3 3 1 227 2.3 21.25 0.517 20th
14 Ev. saulensis 186 6 12 4 208 2.1 23.75 0.244 38th
15 Vi. furcata 67 13 31 38 9 1 13 172 1.7 11.75 0.744 8th
16 Ev. infraspinosa (1) 59 (1) 91 12 5 2 169 1.7 23.25 0.47 24th
17 Ps. corossoniensis 29 7 120 156 1.6 23.75 0.458 26th
18 Ev. campbelli 2 137 2 1 1 3 146 1.5 19.5 0.559 16th
19 Lu. gomezi (1) 82 7 36 2 15 (1) 2 144 1.4 13.5 0.702 11th
20 Pi. damascenoi 32 13 7 1 8 67 128 1.3 14.25 0.684 12th
21 Bi. flaviscutellata * 61 13 23 24 3 4 128 1.3 16.25 0.636 14th
22 Ps. h. hirsutus (1) 9 7 34 (1) 2 57 17 126 1.2 15.75 0.648 13th
23 Ty. dasypodogeton 79 24 7 3 7 1 4 1 126 1.2 23.75 0.458 26th
24 Ny. richardwardi 23 22 10 51** 12 118 1.2 22.5 0.488 23th
25 Ny. antunesi 50 2 37 6 95 0.9 23.75 0.458 26th
26 Br. avellari 78 9 2 89 0.9 26.5 0.392 28th
27 Mi. trinidadensis 16 3 9 1 1 9 47 86 0.8 20 0.547 17th
28 Ps. claustrei 5 2 7 31 15 60 0.6 28.5 0.345 32th
29 Br. spp. 43 10 1 54 0.5 20.75 0.529 19th
30 Pa. dendrophyla 2 1 11 2 3 4 11 19 53 0.5 21.75 0.505 21th
31 Pa. aragaoi 17 25 3 6 51 0.5 31 0.285 35th
32 Sc. sordellii (2) 32 (2) 3 2 5 1 5 48 0.4 27.75 0.363 29th
33 Pr. trispinosa 24 4 14 42 0.4 28 0.357 30th
34 Mg. migonei 6 5 8 16 1 36 0.3 29.5 0.321 33th
35 Ev. evandroi 17 18 1 36 0.3 30.25 0.303 34th
36 Vi. tuberculata 18 1 7 3 5 1 35 0.3 22 0.5 22th
37 Ps. bispinosus 2 3 26 4 35 0.3 31.25 0.279 36th
38 Pa. scaffi 3 1 2 24 30 0.3 29.5 0.321 33th
39 Pa. dreisbachi 22 5 2 29 0.2 26.5 0.392 28th
40 Pa. shannoni 1 1 6 1 10 8 27 0.2 25.5 0.416 27th
41 Pi. serrana 3 13 1 1 2 20 0.2 25.5 0.416 27th
42 Lu. carvalhoi 13 4 2 1 20 0.2 28.25 0.351 31th
43 Ps. geniculatus 1 7 1 11 20 0.2 31.75 0.267 37th
44 Mi. pilosa (4) 14 (3) 2 3 (1) 19 0.1 28.5 0.345 32th
45 Mi. oswaldoi 11 1 3 15 0.1 28.5 0.345 32th
46 Ev. sericea 8 7 15 0.1 29.5 0.321 33th
47 Pa. lutziana 10 3 2 15 0.1 39.75 0.077 50th
48 Ps. amazonensis 2 7 2 1 12 0.1 37.75 0.125 43th
49 Ty. trichopyga 9 1 1 11 0.1 33.75 0.22 39th
50 Pa. punctigeniculata 1 3 5 9 31.75 0.267 37th
51 Br. travassosi 6 1 7 37.75 0.125 43th
52 Mi. longipennis 5 1 6 38 0.119 44th
53 Pi. nevesi 4 1 5 38.25 0.113 45th
54 Pa. servulolimai 3 2 5 39 0.095 47th
55 Ev. bacula 2 1 2 5 39 0.095 47th
56 Ev. begonae 2 2 4 35.25 0.184 40th
57 Pr. triacantha 3 1 4 38.5 0.107 46th
58 Ps. ayrozai * 1 2 3 42.25 0.017 52th
59 Pa. abonnenci 2 2 35.75 0.172 41th
50 Ev. wilsoni 2 2 42.5 0.011 53th
61 Ps. s. squamiventris * 1 1 36 0.166 42th
62 Lu. spatotrichia 1 1 39.25 0.089 48th
63 Pa. inflata 1 1 40 0.071 51th
64 Pi. monticola 1 1 40 0.071 51th
65 Ev. monstruosa 1 1 42.75 0.005 54th
66 Ev. pinottii 1 1 42.75 0.005 54th
67 Ps. lainsoni 1 1 42.75 0.005 54th
68 Ps. s. maripaensis 1 1 42.75 0.005 54th
Total 1878 2031 1216 537 2925 474 160 483 9704

S: Taxa; F: Females; M: Males; ISA: Index of Species Abundance; SISA: Standard Index of Species Abundance;

*

Species already associated to American cutaneous leishmaniasis agents in the Amazon region;

**

Some specimens found attempting to bit collectors; (n) Number of individuals found with natural infection by flagellates; n/n Expressed number for males of Ps. complexus and Ps. wellcomei, respectively.

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