Talk:Sandfly

message: Apparently, Psychodidae and Phlebotomidae are not different families but synonyms; Phlebotominae is a different subfamily, however, but I think that it would include both genera if the description in the Psychodidae article is accurate.. The texts of the Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia articles are nearly the same (both are stubs), differing in a few details, but more significantly that each genus is the main vector of leishmaniasis either in the Old or New World. --Extremophile 21:05, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: A single article about sandflies

message: It appears that there's a page for "No-See-Um' referring to the same creature. That's pretty pointless :) However, there's some useful information there that should be carefully merged into this article. There's some likely inaccurate information (eg, no known transmitting diseases) that should be thrown away, too -- Ch'marr 19:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging No-See-Um 

message: I see no point in merging Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia into this article - they are separate insect genera, and deserve articles of their own! And Sandfly is not an unambiguous common name of either of them... They even belong to different families, and some members of the family Ceratopogonidae are called sandflies as well. Kaarel 17:25, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Are not these families synonyms? I found a link were they're listed as if they were. I just think that there are not enough "encyclopedic" difference between Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia, at least not yet, to make distinct articles needed. I do not see any point in this taxonomic criteria of merit for deserving their own articles... I think that a better criteria would be something more specific to say about the main topic of each article. If not, then species why could not species be the criteria? And there would be a article of each P. and L. species, every one a minimal stub, saying " P. whateveris is a sandfly of the genus Phlebotomus, pretty much like many others, but not being able to generate fertile hybrids with them." (supposing they´re really biological species, I don´t know). I did not know that sandflies comprehended more than these genera, then I do not know if the multiple merging would be adequate. IMHO, it would be if it´s still there are not much specifics to say about each taxon included. --Extremophile 19:48, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia here? 

message: There are Psychodid sand flies (including Phlebotomines), Ceratopogonid sand flies, and Tabanids are sometimes called sand flies, as well. This page needs to refer to all of these, and explain the distinctions. Besides which, it should be "sand fly" not "sandfly". Dyanega 00:45, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sand fly should be a separate page, as it refers to several families 

message: Please add.
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/bitmidge.htm
Thanks  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.188.93.139 (talk) 03:33, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable source 

message: Sand fly bites itch a lot. A vinegar soaked tissue stops it almost immediately.(80.31.144.16 (talk) 07:50, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Itchy

message: Substituted at 20:13, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: As the article says "Sandfly (or sand fly) is a colloquial name" for insects in the families Tabanidae, Phlebotominae, or Ceratopogonidae. The information as already on those pages respectively, and all this page does is repeat it. This page probably should just redirect to Sandfly_(disambiguation). Cornellier (talk) 22:13, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirect to disambiguation page?