any of various small mothlike dipterous flies of the genus Phlebotomus and related genera: the bloodsucking females transmit diseases including leishmaniasis: family Psychodidae
2.
any of various similar and related flies
Examples of 'sandflies' in a sentence
sandflies
Hot and awfully humid, with mosquitoes and sandflies into the bargain.
Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
The agent had neglected to mention the sandflies.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This observation, unlike many in palaeontology, proved repeatable, as there were multiple examples of sandflies fossilized in amber.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
Leishmaniasis is spread by bites from infected sandflies, and causes large open wounds which eat away at flesh.