Author
- Parrot
- 1928:29 (as var. of major) [male]
- USSR: Uzbeldstan, Buldaara, Shakhrisyabz, vii. 1927
Distribution
- Afghanistan, China (Xinjiang), Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan, Romania, Uzbekistan
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Synonyms
- tauriae Perfil'ev
- 1966:312 (as ssp. of chinensis) [male, female]
- Type-loc: U.S.S.R.: Crimea
Bionomics
- Type habitat: desert vegetation/steppe. In Afghanistan, occurs between 1000 and 2000 m a.s.l. and is anthropophillic (Artemiev, 1978a).
Medical Importance
- A vector of visceral leishmanaisis in China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other parts of Central Asia (Killick-Kendrick, 1990; Leng, 1988)
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