Distribution and Abundance of Phlebotominae, Vectors of Leishmaniasis, in Argentina: Spatial and Temporal Analysis at Different Scales

Table 3

Lutzomyia neivai (female/male) captured by night and site, Oran, Salta, Argentina.

Sites	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Total Lutzomyianeivai	F : M	GF%	Total Lx
A1	1901/1084	87/54	1/0	6/10	74/18	2069/1166	1.8	0.9^a	6/2
A2	232/237	32/31	0/0	1/2	6/3	271/273	1.0	3.0^b	1/0
A3	293/146	81/157	0/0	7/4	33/12	414/319	1.3	2.7^b	10/12
A4	164/113	35/53	0/0	4/2	12/8	215/176	1.2	5.6^c	5/6
A5	23/16	0/1	0/0	1/1	1/2	25/20	1.2	12.0^d	1/2
A6	35/39	5/4	0/0	0	2/0	42/43	1.0	0^e	2/3
A7	13/6	2/2	0/0	0	0/1	15/9	1.7	13.3^d	1/1
A8	2/2	0	0/0	0	0	2/2	na	na	0/0
A9	1/1	3/0	0/0	1/1	1/1	6/3	na	na	0/0
A10	25/38	22/27	0/0	1/2	33/12	81/79	1.0	17.3^f	1/0
Rain	0.0*	0.2**	3.0*	1.0*	0*
MT	26.5	20.8	12.6	15.6	18.0
mT	17.3	18.8	11.7	10.7	12.0
B1	250/240	55/46	—	296/186		601/472	1.3	12.3	5/6
B2	238/66	36/23	38/29	154/85		466/203	2.3	13.1	7/8
B3	—	—	—	2/0		2/0	na	na	1/0
B4	—	3/13	—	2/0		5/13	na	na	0/0
B5	—	—	—	1/0		1/0	na	na	1/0
rf	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
MT	34.0	26.7	29.5	35.6
mT	16.1	10.0	10.4	16.9

A1–A10: sites surrounding the pig pen (season of transmission, Autumn); B1–B5: sites surrounding the banana trees patch (season of vector activity, Spring); F : M: Lu. neivai female/male ratio; GF%: Lu. neivai proportion of gravid females; rf: cumulative rainfall (mm); MT: maximal temperature (C°); mT: minimal temperature (C°); na: less than 15 individuals; a, b, c, d, e, f: each letter differed significantly from the other with a P < 0.05; *: without rain during the night; **: drizzles during the night.