Phlebotomus papatasii

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Phlebotomus papatasii
    n 1: any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females
         can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis [syn: {sand
         fly}, {sandfly}, {Phlebotomus papatasii}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

phlebotomus \phlebotomus\ n.
   1. A mild viral disease transmitted by the bite of the sand
      fly {Phlebotomus papatasii}.

   Syn: sandfly fever, pappataci fever.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. [Capitalized] A genus of small blood-sucking mothlike sand
      flies.

   Syn: genus {Phlebotomus}.
        [WordNet 1.5]