Belongs within: Psychodoidea.
The Phlebotominae, sand flies, are a group of small flies with soil-dwelling larvae and blood-sucking adults. They are characterised by a four-branched Rs vein in the wing, and mouthparts much longer than the height of the head (Quate & Vockeroth 1981).
<==PhlebotominaeGE05 |--Libanophlebotomus lutfallahiGE05 |--ChiniusWI-B09 |--SergentomyiaWI-B09 |--Brumptomyia mesaiWI-B09 |--Warileya [incl. Hertigia]WI-B09 |--EdentomyiaWI-B09 |--AustralophlebotomusO98 |--IdiophlebotomusO98 |--PhlebotomitesGE05 | |--P. brevifilis Hennig 1972P92 | `--P. longifilis Hennig 1972P92 |--LutzomyiaQV81 | |--L. cruciataWI-B09 | |--L. longipalpisWT11 | `--L. vexatorQV81 `--PhlebotomusWT11 |--P. argentipesA71 |--P. ariasiA71 |--P. brevifilis Satchell 1953S53 |--P. brevifiloides Fairchild 1952S53 |--P. buccinator Satchell 1953S53 |--P. capensis de Meillon 1955S61 |--P. duboscquiWT11 |--P. englishi Tonnoir 1935S53 |--P. longipalpisA71 |--P. majorA71 |--P. minutusRD77 |--P. orientalisA71 |--P. papatasiNJ91 |--P. parfiliewiA71 |--P. paternus Quate 1963P92 |--P. perniciosusA71 |--P. pexopharynx Satchell 1953S53 |--P. queenslandi Satchell 1953S53 |--P. sergentiA71 `--P. verrucarumA71
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.
[GE05] Grimaldi, D., & M. S. Engel. 2005. Evolution of the Insects. Cambridge University Press: New York.
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[O98] Oosterbroek, P. 1998. The Families of Diptera of the Malay Archipelago. Brill: Leiden.
[P92] Poinar, G. O., Jr. 1992. Life in Amber. Stanford University Press: Stanford.
[QV81] Quate, L. W., & J. R. Vockeroth. 1981. Psychodidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 293–300. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.
[RD77] Richards, O. W., & R. G. Davies. 1977. Imms’ General Textbook of Entomology 10th ed. vol. 2. Classification and Biology. Chapman and Hall: London.
[S53] Satchell, G. H. 1953. The Australian Psychodidae (Diptera), part I. Australian Journal of Zoology 1 (3): 357–418.
[S61] Stuckenberg, R. R. 1961. Diptera (Nematocera): Thaumaleidae. In: Hanström, B., P. Brinck & G. Rudebeck (eds) South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950–1951 vol. 8 pp. 409–412. Almqvist & Wiksell: Uppsala.
[WI-B09] Wagner, R., & S. Ibáñez-Bernal. 2009. Psychodidae (sand flies, and moth flies or owl flies). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera, vol. 1 pp. 319–335. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.
[WT11] Wiegmann, B. M., M. D. Trautwein, I. S. Winkler, N. B. Barr, J.-W. Kim, C. Lambkin, M. A. Bertone, B. K. Cassel, K. M. Bayless, A. M. Heimberg, B. M. Wheeler, K. J. Peterson, T. Pape, B. J. Sinclair, J. H. Skevington, V. Blagoderov, J. Caravas, S. N. Kutty, U. Schmidt-Ott, G. E. Kampmeier, F. C. Thompson, D. A. Grimaldi, A. T. Beckenbach, G. W. Courtney, M. Friedrich, R. Meier & D. K. Yeates. 2011. Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 108 (14): 5690–5695.