any insect of the family Phlebotomidae (sometimes considered part of the family Psychodidae) of the order Diptera. The aquatic larvae live in the ... [2 related articles]
Member of the dipteran sub-family Phlebotominae, family Phychodidae; sometimes also applied to Simuliidae (New Zealand) and Ceratopogonidae (Caribbean).
[n] - blood-sucking females can transmit sandfly fever
sandfly noun any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis