Phlebotomus is a genus of "sand flies" in the Diptera family Psychodidae. In the past, they have sometimes been considered to belong in a separate family, Phlebotomidae, but this alternative classification has not gained wide acceptance.
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Флеботомусы (Phlebotomus) — род двукрылых насекомых из подсемейства москитов, распространённый в Старом Свете. Наиболее распространённый род москитов в Палеарктическом регионе. Отдельные виды Phlebotomus значимы как переносчики лейшманиозов Старого Света, а также лихорадки паппатачи.
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Phlebotomus is a genus of "sand flies" in the Diptera family Psychodidae. In the past, they have sometimes been considered to belong in a separate family, Phlebotomidae, but this alternative classification has not gained wide acceptance.
==Epidemiology== thumb|left|Cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease transmitted by Phlebotomus, in North Africa; [[Leishmania infantum = green, Leishmania major = blue, Leishmania tropica = red]]
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