Phlebotomus
Translingual
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
- 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
Further reading
- Phlebotomus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Phlebotomus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Phlebotomus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Phlebotomus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.