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Psychodidae

Small, hairy, moth-like flies which are of considerable public health importance as vectors of certain pathogenic organisms. Important disease… 
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Diptera
Disease VectorsMicrobiologicalMoth FliesPhlebotominae

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Genus: PhlebotomusLutzomyia genusPhlebotomus <subgenus>Sergentomyia

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2004
2004
A Fourth Chemotype of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Jaíbas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Abstract Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz and Neiva) is a species complex of Lutzomyia pseudolongipalpis (Arrivillaga and Feliciangeli… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The Taxonomic Status of Genetically Divergent Populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) Based on the Distribution of Mitochondrial and Isozyme Variation
Abstract The sand fly, Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) reputedly is a complex of cryptic species; however, there is… 
1998
1998
Genetic structure of local populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in central Colombia.
Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva), the sand fly vector of American visceral leishmaniasis in the New World tropics, has a… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Patterns of genetic variability in colonized strains of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) and its consequences.
The genetic qualities of laboratory colonies of phlebotomine sand flies have not been compared with field specimens despite 1… 
1997
1997
Multivariate analysis to discriminate species of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae): Lutzomyia townsendi, L. spinicrassa, and L. youngi.
Multivariate discriminant analysis was employed to discriminate on a morphological basis females of 3 closely related sand fly… 
1996
1996
Cryptic speciation in Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) trapidoi (Fairchild & Hertig) (Diptera: Psychodidae) detected by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis.
Lutzomyia trapidoi is the major vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ecuador. In the framework of an epidemiologic study, female… 
1995
1995
Seasonal abundance of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) at an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Colombia.
Ecological studies on the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) were conducted during 1990-1993 in a small rural… 
1990
1990
Genetic relationships among phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the verrucarum species group.
Isozyme data were used to identify populations of certain Lutzomyia taxa in the verrucarum species group, mostly in the series… 
1987
1987
Biology of a laboratory colony of Phlebotomus perniciosus (Diptera: Psychodidae).
Details on duration of developmental stages and on productivity of a laboratory colony of Phlebotomus perniciosus Newstead over… 
1986
1986
Diagnosis by isozyme methods of two cryptic species, Psychodopygus carrerai and P. yucumensis (Diptera: Psychodidae).
Eleven enzyme systems were used to compare 2 cryptic species previously treated as Psychodopygus carrerai . Two enzyme systems… 
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