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Lutzomyia
Lutzomyia is a genus of phlebotomine sand flies consisting of nearly 400 species, at least 33 of which have medical importance as vectors of human disease. Species of the genus Lutzomyia are found only in the New World, distributed in southern areas of the Nearctic and throughout the Neotropic zone. Lutzomyia is one of the two genera of the subfamily Phlebotominae to transmit the Leishmania parasite, with the other being Phlebotomus, found only in the Old...
50 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lutzomyia panamensis
speciesLutzomyia panamensis
Lutzomyia gomezi
speciesLutzomyia gomezi
Lutzomyia cayennensis
speciesLutzomyia cayennensis
Lutzomyia longipalpis
speciesLutzomyia longipalpis
Lutzomyia umbratilis
speciesLutzomyia umbratilis
Lutzomyia shannoni
speciesLutzomyia shannoni
Lutzomyia steatopyga
speciesLutzomyia steatopyga
Lutzomyia durani
speciesLutzomyia durani
Lutzomyia delpozoi
speciesLutzomyia delpozoi
Lutzomyia inusitata
speciesLutzomyia inusitata
Lutzomyia anthophora
speciesLutzomyia anthophora
Lutzomyia atulapai
speciesLutzomyia atulapai
Lutzomyia dodgei
speciesLutzomyia dodgei
Lutzomyia cratifer
speciesLutzomyia cratifer
Lutzomyia dasymera
speciesLutzomyia dasymera
Lutzomyia aclydifera
speciesLutzomyia aclydifera
Lutzomyia ylephitor
speciesLutzomyia ylephitor
Lutzomyia chiapanensis
speciesLutzomyia chiapanensis
Lutzomyia ctenidophora
speciesLutzomyia ctenidophora
Lutzomyia leohidalgoi
speciesLutzomyia leohidalgoi
Lutzomyia caminoi
speciesLutzomyia caminoi
Lutzomyia cruciata
speciesLutzomyia cruciata
Lutzomyia diabolica
speciesLutzomyia diabolica
Lutzomyia vexator
speciesLutzomyia vexator
Lutzomyia vindicator
speciesLutzomyia vindicator
Lutzomyia ovallesi
speciesLutzomyia ovallesi
Lutzomyia serrana
speciesLutzomyia serrana
Lutzomyia trinidadensis
speciesLutzomyia trinidadensis
Lutzomyia oppidana
speciesLutzomyia oppidana
Lutzomyia stewarti
speciesLutzomyia stewarti
Lutzomyia vargasi
speciesLutzomyia vargasi
Lutzomyia pratti
speciesLutzomyia pratti
Lutzomyia beltrani
speciesLutzomyia beltrani
Lutzomyia deleoni
speciesLutzomyia deleoni
Lutzomyia evansi
speciesLutzomyia evansi
Lutzomyia carpenteri
speciesLutzomyia carpenteri
Lutzomyia texana
speciesLutzomyia texana
Lutzomyia permira
speciesLutzomyia permira
Lutzomyia undulata
speciesLutzomyia undulata
Lutzomyia olmeca
speciesLutzomyia olmeca
Lutzomyia whitmani
speciesLutzomyia whitmani
Lutzomyia dysponeta
speciesLutzomyia dysponeta
Lutzomyia lenti
speciesLutzomyia lenti
Lutzomyia goiana
speciesLutzomyia goiana
Lutzomyia colombiana
speciesLutzomyia colombiana
Lutzomyia verrucarum
speciesLutzomyia verrucarum
Lutzomyia llanosmartinsi
speciesLutzomyia llanosmartinsi
Lutzomyia youngi
speciesLutzomyia youngi
Lutzomyia tanyopsis
speciesLutzomyia tanyopsis
Lutzomyia trapidoi
speciesLutzomyia trapidoi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 247745.