sandfly

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
2. 2
   A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium.
3. 3
   A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae).