sandfly

English Thesaurus

1. any of various small dipterous flies; bloodsucking females can transmit sandfly fever and leishmaniasis (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	gnat,
definition	:	any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus phlebotomus, phlebotomus,
definition	:	small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths (noun.animal)