Phlebotomus
Sign in to savePhlebotomus is a genus of "sand flies" in the Diptera family Psychodidae. In the past, they have sometimes been considered to belong in a separate family, Phlebotomidae, but this alternative classification has not gained wide acceptance.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyPsychodidae
Флеботомусы (Phlebotomus) — род двукрылых насекомых из подсемейства москитов, распространённый в Старом Свете. Наиболее распространённый род москитов в Палеарктическом регионе. Отдельные виды Phlebotomus значимы как переносчики лейшманиозов Старого Света, а также лихорадки паппатачи.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 601
- With media
- 48
- Family
- Psychodidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Indonesia, United States
Research
3,995 papers- Phlebotomus perniciosus.Trends in parasitology · 2024
- [Phlebotomus in Spain].Revista de sanidad e higiene publica · 1989
- Phlebotomus neglectus (Diptera: Psychodidae): New Insights on Its Presence in Iran Based on Three Independent Genetic Loci.Journal of medical entomology · 2022
- Sand Fly (Phlebotomus papatasi) Embryo Microinjection for CRISPR/Cas9 Mutagenesis.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2020
- [Cultivation of sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus].Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni · 1988
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Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Phlebotominae
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- Phlebotomus pappatasi bloodmeal continue2.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Epidemiology
- Morphology
- Lifecycle
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Phlebotomus is a genus of "sand flies" in the Diptera family Psychodidae. In the past, they have sometimes been considered to belong in a separate family, Phlebotomidae, but this alternative classification has not gained wide acceptance.
==Epidemiology== thumb|left|Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease transmitted by Phlebotomus, in North Africa; [[Leishmania infantum = green, Leishmania major = blue, Leishmania tropica = red]]
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