Eukaryote
psychodidae
Subclass of:
Diptera
Definitions related to psychodidae:
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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; moth flies occur near drains and sewers and do not bite; sandflies occur in warm climates near water and do bite.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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