Abstract Background The sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi is an Old World vector of Leishmania major. the etiologic agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. This study describes the courtship behaviour of P. papatasi and compares it with that of Lutzomyia longipalpis. https://parisnaturalfoodes.shop/product-category/anise-all-one-toothpaste/