phlebotomine
/flɪˈbɒtəmʌɪn/Entomology
adjective
Belonging or relating to the dipteran subfamily Phlebotominae (family Psychodidae), the members of which are blood-feeding sandflies, including many vectors of infectious (especially protozoal and viral) diseases.
noun
A phlebotomine sandfly.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Annual Review Entomology. From scientific Latin Phlebotomus Phlebotomus + -ine, after scientific Latin Phlebotominae, subfamily name.