Table 1. Subgenera of Phlebotomus sand flies involved in Leishmania transmission.
Subgenus | Species | Main Leishmania species transmitted (suspected or proven) | References | Included in the study |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adlerius |
Ph. (Ad.) simici Ph. (Ad.) arabicus |
L. infantum L. tropica |
[1] [17] |
x |
Euphlebotomus | Ph. (Eu.) argentipes | L. donovani | [1, 94] | / |
Larroussius | Ph. (La.) neglectus | L. infantum | [95] | x |
Paraphlebotomus | Ph. (Para.) alexandri | L. donovani | [1, 96] | x |
L. infantum | [97] | |||
Ph. (Para.) andrejevi | L. major | [98] | / | |
Ph. (Para.) caucasicus | L. major | [99] | x | |
Ph. (Para.) chabaudi | / | / | x | |
Ph. (Para.) gemetchi | / | / | / | |
Ph. (Para.) jacusieli | / | / | x | |
Ph. (Para.) kazeruni | L. major | [1, 100] | x | |
Ph. (Para.) mireillae | / | / | x | |
Ph. (Para.) mongolensis | / | / | x | |
Ph. (Para.) nuri | / | / | / | |
Ph. (Para.) riouxi | / | / | x | |
Ph. (Para.) saevus | L. tropica | [101] | x | |
Ph. (Para.) sergenti | L. tropica | [13, 14, 101] | x | |
L. aethiopica | [101] | |||
Ph. (Para.) similis | / | / | x | |
Phlebotomus | Ph. (Ph.) duboscqi | L. major | [102] | x |
Ph. (Ph.) papatasi | L. major | [103] | x | |
Synphlebotomus | Ph. (Sy.) ansarii | L. major | [104] | x |