Phlebotomus
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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.[1]
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Phlebotomus | |
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A male Phlebotomus fly | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Psychodidae |
Subfamily: | Phlebotominae |
Genus: | Phlebotomus Rondani & Berté, 1840 |
Species | |
P. alexandri |
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