Species Profile
Phlebotomus
Sand fly
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Terrestrial insect active at night.
Vector of kala-azar.
Size & Structure
01
Tiny hairy body
02
Long legs
03
Upright wings
Phlebotomus — 3D Model
No 3D model available
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate (haemocoel)
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Present
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Ventral nerve cord
- Excretory organ
- Malpighian tubules
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic (stenohaline)
- Circulatory type
- Open
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Tracheal
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Open
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoconformer
Ecology
Food chain member
Economic Importance
Vector of kala-azar
Medical importance