Research Article

Diversity and Dynamics of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Two Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Foci in the Fes-Boulemane Region of Northern Morocco

Table 1

Percentage and the Shannon-Weiner diversity index () of the sand flies collected during the study period at both localities of the Fes-Boulemane region.

Genus Subgenus SpeciesLocality (altitude m)
Aichoun locality (750 m)Bouasseme locality (1100 m)
R. Ab. (%)Shannon-Weiner index () Sex ratioR. Ab. (%)Shannon-Weiner index () Sex ratio

PhlebotomusLarroussiusPh. longicuspis9.010,115.912.150.094.7
Ph. perniciosus8.480.13200.05
Ph. ariasi00.021.560
ParaphlebotomusPh. sergenti76.070.1360.390.09
PhlebotomusPh. papatasi4.820.032.740.08
SergentomyiaS. minuta
S. fallax
0.89
0.7
0.02
0.02
1.56
1.5
0.01
0.01

R. Ab.: relative abundance.