sandfly

(Englisch)

  1. Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
  2. (New-Zealand) A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
  3. (US) A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).

Etymologie (Englisch)

From sand + fly.

phlébotome

mosquito simúlido

σκνίπα

ku’nupi

mi’ɣaki

pulce di mare

Phlebotomus papatasii

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