Phlebotomus argentipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Psychodidae |
Genus: | Phlebotomus |
Species: | P. argentipes
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Binomial name | |
Phlebotomus argentipes | |
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Phlebotomus argentipes are a species of sandfly in genus Phlebotomus in the Indian subcontinent They are notable as a vector for Leishmania donovani, the parasite which causes leishmaniasis.