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There are some 600 species in five genera within the subfamily Phlebotominae. Species in three genera, Phlebotomus, Lutzomyia and Sergentomyia, suck blood from vertebrates, the former two are the more important medically as they contain disease vectors. A few species of Sergentomyia bite man, but they are not considered to be important in the transmission of diseases to man. Some previous classifications placed these five genera in a separate family the Phlebotomidae, but they are now regarded as being in the subfamily Phlebotominae of the family Psychodidae.
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Service, M.W. (1980). Phlebotomine sandflies (Order Diptera: Family Psychodidae). In: A Guide to Medical Entomology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16334-2_8
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