Ecological Niche Modeling of Seventeen Sandflies Species (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) from Venezuela

Table 2

Jackknife AUC contributions of the environmental variables of the niche models.

Species	Variables that produce the largest AUC; when included separately			Variables that produce the; smallest AUC when omitted
B. beaupertuyi	BIO19 (0.892)	BIO16 (0.874)	BIO12 (0.866)	ELEV (0.849)	BIO2 (0.872)	BIO11 (0.879)
L. antunesi	BIO7 (0.915)	BIO19 (0.886)	BIO5 (0.845)	BIO2 (0.812)	BIO3 (0.819)	BIO16 (0.821)
L. atroclavata	BIO13 (0.856)	BIO19 (0.855)	BIO16 (0.848)	BIO12 (0.839)	ELEV (0.858)	BIO5 (0.859)
L. c. cayennensis	BIO16 (0.908)	BIO19 (0.906)	BIO13 (0.901)	BIO12 (0.898)	BIO2 (0.907)	BIO3 (0.909)
L. dubitans	BIO12 (0.957)	BIO13 (0.952)	BIO16 (0.950)	BIO2 (0.942)	BIO19 (0.950)	ELEV (0.951)
L. evansi	BIO12 (0.926)	BIO13 (0.921)	BIO16 (0.917)	BIO3 (0.912)	BIO2 (0.920)	BIO12 (0.922)
L. gomezi	BIO16 (0.872)	BIO12 (0.859)	BIO13 (0.856)	BIO11 (0.792)	BIO4 (0.793)	LAND (0.793)
L. lichyi	BIO6 (0.964)	BIO11 (0.961)	BIO9 (0.959)	ELEV (0.965)	BIO16 (0.973)	BIO2 (0.975)
L. longipalpis s.l.	BIO12 (0.934)	BIO13 (0.930)	BIO16 (0.925)	BIO12 (0.786)	BIO3 (0.789)	BIO9 (0.803)
L. micropyga	LAND (0.921)	BIO13 (0.826)	BIO16 (0.819)	BIO3 (0.944)	BIO12 (0.945)	BIO13 (0.946)
L. migonei	BIO17 (0.888)	BIO7 (0.886)	BIO14 (0.870)	LAND (0.867)	BIO2 (0.875)	BIO3 (0.876)
L. nuneztovari	BIO5 (0.989)	BIO1 (0.987)	BIO10 (0.986)	BIO18 (0.957)	BIO15 (0.962)	BIO12 (0.967)
L. olmeca bicolor	BIO12 (0.953)	BIO19 (0.940)	ELEV (0.727)	LAND (0.961)	BIO17 (0.972)	BIO3 (0.973)
L. ovallesi	BIO16 (0.906)	BIO13 (0.902)	BIO12 (0.884)	BIO12 (0.876)	LAND (0.896)	BIO6 (0.898)
L. panamensis	BIO19 (0.935)	BIO16 (0.913)	BIO12 (0.912)	BIO12 (0.879)	LAND (0.882)	BIO3 (0.886)
L. pilosa	BIO15 (0.868)	BIO14 (0.849)	ELEV (0.802)	BIO15 (0.810)	BIO8 (0.816)	BIO10 (0.817)
L. punctigeniculata	BIO14 (0.896)	BIO4 (0.883)	BIO17 (0.882)	BIO13 (0.822)	BIO17 (0.824)	BIO7 (0.827)