Leishmaniasis and phlebotomine sand flies in Oman Sultanate Author Rioux, Jean-Antoine Faculté de Médecine, Université Montpellier 1, 1 rue de l’Éencole de Médecine, 34000 Montpellier, France Author Gramiccia, Marina Department of Infectious Diseases, Unit of Vector-borne Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, Author Léger, Nicole Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, EA 7510, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie, Author Desjeux, Philippe PATH OWH (formerly One World Health), A- 9, Qutub Institutional area, USO Road, New Delhi 110067, India Author Depaquit, Jérôme Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, EA 7510, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Faculté de Pharmacie, & ANSES, USC Transmission Vectorielle et Épidémiosurveillance de Maladies Parasitaires (VECPAR), 51100 Reims, France & Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Pôle de Biologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, 51100 Reims, France text Parasite 2020 Paris, France 2020-11-27 27 68 1 13 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020064 journal article 10.1051/parasite/2020064 1776-1042 PMC7708229 33258444 12524365 Se . ( Parrotomyia ) africana (Newstead, 1912) The female has a well-developed palisade-like cibarial armature of 55–80 teeth and smooth elongated capsule-like spermathecae typical of the subgenus Parrotomyia . The male shows a cibarial armature of 20–35 teeth, palisade-like. Se. africana is a member of a species complex called the Africana group, which requires revision by molecular tools as some identifications refer to the group rather than to the species sensu stricto . Its distribution area is wide. It includes Africa and the Middle-East, including the Arabian Peninsula. This species has never been reported to be involved in the transmission of Leishmania .