| phlebotomine sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) of tamil nadu and pondicherry, southern india, in relation to visceral leishmaniasis. | the phlebotomine sandfly fauna of tamil nadu and pondicherry in south india is described. two morphologically different forms of phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of indian visceral leishmaniasis, are reported from madras, a known focus of visceral leishmaniasis. a new species, sergentomyia shettyi sp. nov., is described and sergentomyia babu and sergentomyia insularis stat. nov. are considered distinct species on the basis of their parapatric distribution. phlebotomus papatasi and p. argentipe ... | 1994 | 7979629 |