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Lutzomyia

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Lutzomyia /Lut·zo·my·ia/ (lldbomact″zo-mi´ah) a genus of sandflies of the family Psychodidae, the females of which suck blood.
Lutz·o·my·ia (ltz-my)
n.
A genus of sand flies or midges of the family Psychodidae that serve as vectors of leishmaniasis and Oroya fever.

Lutzomyia
a genus of sandflies, e.g. L. trapidoi, capable of transmitting Leishmania spp.


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Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by protozoan parasites that belong to the genus Leishmania and is transmitted by the bite of certain species of sand fly, including flies in the genus Lutzomyia in the New World and Phlebotomus in the Old World.
Lutzomyia shannoni (Dyar) is one of the more thoroughly studied species of the phlebotomine sand flies in North America (Figure 1).
 
 
 
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