Lutzomyia
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom the German entomologist Adolfo Lutz + Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa, “fly”).
Proper noun
editLutzomyia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Psychodidae – phlebotomine sand flies consisting of nearly 400 species, at least 33 of which have medical importance as vectors of human disease.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Psychodomorpha - infraorder; Psychodidae - family; Phlebotominae - subfamily
Hyponyms
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References
edit- Lutzomyia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Lutzomyia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Lutzomyia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Lutzomyia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Lutzomyia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Lutzomyia at World Register of Marine Species