Phlebotomus

Translingual

Phlebotomus papatasi

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek φλεβότομος (phlebótomos, “opening veins”), from φλέψ (phléps, “blood vessel”) +‎ τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) +‎ -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).

Proper noun

Phlebotomus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Psychodidae – certain sandflies.

Hypernyms

• (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

• (genus): Phlebotomus papatasi - selected species

Derived terms

• Phlebovirus

Further reading

• Phlebotomus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phlebotomus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Phlebotomus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Phlebotomus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.