Table 1 Sequencing results showing the BLAST (Megablast option, except where indicated) homology of sandfly and filarial parasite sequences obtained from Xapuri—Rio Branco in relation to sequences found in GenBank.

From: First report of an Onchocercidae worm infecting Psychodopygus carrerai carrerai sandfly, a putative vector of Leishmania braziliensis in the Amazon

Molecular marker

Query sequence

Match

Identity

GenBank accession

COI

Sandfly (658 bp)

MG029462–MG029463

Psychodopygus (syn. Lutzomyia) hirsutus

595/658 (90%)

KP112991.1

Psychodopygus (syn. Lutzomyia) thula

592/657 (90%)

KC921238.1

Psathyromyia (syn. Lutzomyia) pascalei

589/658 (90%)

KP112959.1

Parasite (649 bp)

MG029460–MG029461

Onchocerca gibsoni

587/648 (91%)

AJ271616.1

Onchocerca volvulus

587/649 (90%)

KC167355.1

Onchocerca ochengi

586/649 (90%)

KX181290.2

12S

Parasite (465 bp)

MH049488

Onchocerca takaokai

439/471/ (93%)

AB972364.1

Onchocerca flexuosa

429/465 (92%)

AP017692.1

Onchocerca sp type A

431/470 (92%)

AB518879.1

Onchocerca cervipedis

422/461 (92%)

JX075208.1

ITS

Parasite (376 bp)

MH049489

Onchocerca fasciata

156/174 (90%)

JQ316671.1

Onchocerca volvulus

145/161 (90%)

EU272179.1

Onchocerca sp. 1 WS-2017

292/373 (78%) BLASTn

MG192126.1

Onchocerca dewittei japonica

284/360 (79%) BLASTn

MG192134.1