Research Article

Entomological Investigations, Seasonal Fluctuations and Impact of Bioclimate Factors of Phlebotomines Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of an Emerging Focus of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Aichoun, Central Morocco

Table 3

Representation of important results of the PCA in variables (correlations among variables).

T(°C)Rh (%)Prec (mm)WS (m/s)PSPPePLPPPASMSF

T° (°C)1
RH (%)-0.94681
Prec (mm)-0.74710.62471
WS (m/s)0.3047-0.1971-0.10411
PS0.797-0.8092-0.5277-0.08071
PPe0.8557-0.8276-0.65140.20590.78541
PL0.7647-0.8039-0.478-0.18210.80160.73291
PP0.7769-0.7243-0.54320.27810.85630.8590.52441
PA0.4567-0.3924-0.29560.44340.55740.34090.13790.60431
SM0.5305-0.5904-0.3691-0.27140.76180.69260.78760.54520.25821
SF0.2885-0.3397-0.2005-0.34790.75560.3780.35930.62140.52220.67421

T: temperature; HR: relative humidity; Prec: precipitation; WS: wind speed; PS: Ph. sergenti; PPe: Ph. perniciosus; PL: Ph. longicuspis; PP: Ph. papatasi; PA: Ph. ariasi; SM: S. minuta; SF: S. fallax.