“…Three sand fly species of Larroussius subgenus have been implicated in the transmission of L. infantum in the Iberian Peninsula and southern France: Phlebotomus perniciosus-the main vector-, Phleboto-mus ariasi and Phlebotomus langeroni (Alcover et al, 2014;Barón et al, 2011;Branco et al, 2013;Cotteaux-Lautard et al, 2016;Gálvez et al, 2010;González et al, 2021;Izri et al, 1992;Maia et al, 2013;Martín-Sánchez et al, 1994;Morillas Márquez et al, 1983;Muñoz et al, 2021;Sáez et al, 2018). Phlebotomus longicuspis presence in southern Spain has been ruled out (Martín-Sánchez et al, 2000;Pesson et al, 2004).…”