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Psychodidae  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Flies, Moth
  • Flies, Sand
  • Fly, Moth
  • Fly, Sand
  • Lutzomyia
  • Lutzomyias
  • Moth Flies
  • Moth Fly
  • Sand Flies
  • Sandflies
  • Sand Fly
  • Sandfly
  • Sergentomyia
  • Sergentomyias

Note

  • do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111

Scope note

  • Small, hairy, moth-like flies which are of considerable public health importance as vectors of certain pathogenic organisms. Important disease-related genera are PHLEBOTOMUS, Lutzomyia, and Sergentomyia.

History note

  • 85; was see SANDFLIES 1975-84; was SANDFLIES see PHLEBOTOMUS 1963-72

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011576

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