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Subfamily Phlebotominae

Very Odd Whatsit - Lutzomyia Micropygomyia sp? - female Diptera - Lutzomyia Lutzomyia Sand Fly? Sand fly - Lutzomyia Lutzomyia  - Lutzomyia - female Lutzomyia  - Lutzomyia - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera))
Infraorder Psychodomorpha
Family Psychodidae (Moth Flies and Sand Flies)
Subfamily Phlebotominae
Explanation of Names
Phlebotominae Loew 1845
Numbers
~1,000 spp. in 34 genera total(1) • world catalog in (2)
Habitat
adults in a wide range of habitats but often near water in drier areas in the Old World and in tropical forests/savannas in the New World; larvae inhabit areas containing high levels of organic matter such as in animal burrows, termite hills, tree holes, and leaf litter
Food
adult females in three genera suck human or reptilian blood in [sub]tropical regions; larvae feed on dead organic matter
Remarks
best known as vectors of Leishmania pathogens