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Table 1 Details of parasitism in ten species of damselflies sampled at four sites

From: Relative geographic range of sibling species of host damselflies does not reliably predict differential parasitism by water mites

Host species

Location

N (N infected)

Geographic range (106Km2)

Mite OTU

Prevalence (95% CI)

Intensity (95% CI)

Argia moesta

Lake Opinicon

90 (4)

4.10

1, 7

0.04 (0.01–0.11)

1.50 (1–1.75)

A. violaceae

Lake Opinicon

97 (8)

3.98

1, 9

0.08 (0.04–0.16)

5.75 (1.38–18.13)

Enallagma boreale

Barb Marsh

57 (15)

6.53

4, 5

0.26 (0.16–0.39)

4.60 (2.86–7.36)

E. ebrium

Barb Marsh

106 (31)

4.35

4, 5

0.29 (0.21–0.39)

10.16 (6.81–13.68)

E. signatum

Lake Opinicon

120 (32)

3.23

1, 2

0.27 (0.19–0.36)

9.81 (5.16–22.09)

E. vesperum

Lake Opinicon

101 (54)

2.6

1

0.54 (0.43–0.63)

11.35 (7.00–18.87)

Ischnura posita

Osprey Marsh

77 (4)

3.13

3, 4, 6

0.05 (0.01–0.13)

3.25 (1.00–5.50)

I.verticalis

Osprey Marsh

23 (4)

4.36

1, 3, 6

0.17 (0.05–0.39)

6.75 (1.50–16.50)

Nehalennia gracilis

Hebert Bog

208 (25)

1.51

8

0.12 (0.08–0.17)

2.12 (1.60–3.44)

N. irene

Hebert Bog

284 (45)

4.03

8

0.16 (0.12–0.21)

1.78 (1.42–2.76)

  1. N represents the number of individuals of each species sampled. Geographic range of the host is provided. Confidence limits for prevalence and intensity are shown respectively.