Sand fly (stinging butterfly fly)

Japanese: サシチョウバエ(刺蝶蠅) - サシチョウバエ(英語表記)sand fly
Sand fly (stinging butterfly fly)
A general term for insects belonging to the Diptera order, family Psychodidae, subfamily Phlebotominae. Although the name suggests they are a type of fly, they are actually part of the suborder Longhorn (a type of mosquito). Only females suck blood. Like horseflies and biting midges, their mouthparts suck the blood that leaks out after a wound in the skin. Most species suck the blood of cold-blooded animals such as lizards and snakes, but some species suck the blood of warm-blooded animals, including humans. They are common in the tropics and subtropics, and there are over 1,000 species recorded worldwide, but in Japan, only one species each has been recorded in the Tohoku region and Okinawa.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
双翅目チョウバエ科サシチョウバエ亜科Phlebotominaeに属する昆虫の総称。名前からは,ハエの仲間のようであるが,長角亜目(カの仲間)に属する。雌のみが吸血する。口器は,アブやヌカカと同じく,皮膚に傷をつけて流れ出る血液を吸う。ほとんどの種は,トカゲやヘビなど変温動物の血液を吸うが,人を含む温血動物を吸血する種もある。熱帯,亜熱帯に多く,世界で1000種以上の記録があるが,日本には東北地方と沖縄からおのおの1種記録されているのみである。

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