Psy·chod·i·dae

(sī-kod'i-dē),

A family of small flies or gnats characterized by hairy mothlike body and the presence of 7-11 long parallel wing veins lacking cross-veins; includes the sandflies, Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia, vectors of all known forms of leishmaniasis.

[G. Psychē, a Greek nymph, sometimes represented as a butterfly]

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Sur la differentiation des femelles du genre Laroussius Nitzelescu, 1931 (Diptera, Phlebotomidae) de la region Mediterraneenne.

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