Phlebotomus
Translingual
Etymology
Latin, from Ancient Greek φλεβότομος (phlebótomos, “opening veins”), from φλέψ (phléps, “blood vessel”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).
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 
Phlebotomus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Phlebotomus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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