Research Article

Effect of Environmental Disturbance on the Population of Sandflies and Leishmania Transmission in an Endemic Area of Venezuela

Table 2

The species abundance in the agroecosystems studied.

SpeciesAgroecosystems
ForestCocoaOrangery
%pi ( ) %pi( ) %pi( )

12841.160.410.172529.760.300.097379.350.790.63
12640.510.410.163642.860.430.1877.610.080.01
247.720.080.0133.570.040.0033.260.030.00
20.640.010.001214.290.140.0255.430.050.00
113.540.040.00
20.640.010.0011.190.010.0011.090.010.00
L. cayennensis 10.320.000.000
L. hernandezi 61.930.020.0022.170.020.00
20.640.010.00
L. olmeca nociva 11.190.010.00
L. pilosa 10.320.000.000.00
L. puntigeniculata 20.640.010.000.00
L. shannoni 30.960.010.0011.190.010.00
11.090.010.00
10.320.000.0044.760.050.00
20.640.010.0011.190.010.00

Total31110010.348410010.309210010.64

Number of sandflies ( ); abundance (pi); Simpson index ( ); anthropophilic species (*); zoophilic species (**).