Organisms

Psychodidae

Small, hairy, moth-like flies which are of considerable public health importance as vectors of certain pathogenic organisms. Important disease-related genera are PHLEBOTOMUS, Lutzomyia, and Sergentomyia.

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Abstract

Small, hairy, moth-like flies which are of considerable public health importance as vectors of certain pathogenic organisms. Important disease-related genera are PHLEBOTOMUS, Lutzomyia, and Sergentomyia.

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Synonyms

16 entry terms
  • Lutzomyia
  • Moth Flies
  • Phlebotominae
  • Psychodinae
  • Sand Flies
  • Sandflies
  • Sergentomyia
  • Flies, Moth
  • Flies, Sand
  • Fly, Moth
  • Fly, Sand
  • Lutzomyias
  • Moth Fly
  • Sand Fly
  • Sandfly
  • Sergentomyias

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111

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History Note

85; was see SANDFLIES 1975-84; was SANDFLIES see PHLEBOTOMUS 1963-72

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Previous Indexing

  • Phlebotomus (1966-1972)

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  1. B01w.050w.500w.131w.617w.720w.500w.500w.750w.781w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Psychodidae. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011576. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011576
  2. Psychodidae. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychodidae
  3. Psychodidae. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753860