| | Species | Geographic distribution | Vectors | Transmission cycle | Hosts | Reservoirs |
| | L. (L.) aethiopica | Ethiopia | Ph. longipes, Ph. pedifer | Zoonotic | Rodents, wild canids, dogs | Hyraxes | | L. (L.) major | Asia & Africa | Phlebotomus papatasi, Ph. duboscqi, Ph. salehi | Zoonotic | Small rodents, dogs, humans | Small mammals and birds | | L. (L.) tropica | Asia, Africa and Mediterranean | Ph. sergenti | Predominant anthroponotic | Rodents, wild canids, dogs | Humans, hyraxes | | L. (L.) amazonensis | South America | Lu. flaviscutellata, Lu. reducta, Lu. olmeca olmeca, Lu. nuneztovari | Zoonotic | Terrestrial forest rodents, marsupials, wild canids, humans | Rodents, edentates, marsupials, wild canids | | L. (L.) garnhami | Venezuelan Andes | Lu. youngi | Zoonotic | The opossum Didelphis marsupialis and humans | Marsupials | | L. (L.) mexicana | USA (Texas), Central and South America | Lutzomyia olmeca olmeca, Lu. diabolica, Lu. anthophora, Lu. columbiana, Lu. ayacuchenisis, Lu. ylephiletor, Lu. cruciata, Lu. longipalpis | Zoonotic | Rodents: Ototylomys phyllotis, Nyctomys sumichrasti, Heteromys desmarestianus, Sigmodon hispidus, Neotoma albigula, Proechimys sp., Oryzomys sp., Nectomy sp., Neacomys sp., Dasyprocta sp.; marsupials: Marmosa sp., Metachirus sp., Didelphis sp., Philander sp.; wild canids: Cerdocyon thous; humans | Rodents, edentates, marsupials | | L. (L.) pifanoi | Apparently limited to Venezuela | Lu. flaviscutellata, Lu. olmeca bicolor | Zoonotic | Humans. Wild rodents, Rattus rattus | Rodents | | L. (L.) venezuelensis | Venezuela, in the states of Lara and Yaracuy | Lu. olmeca bicolor, Lu. rangeliana | Zoonotic | Cats and humans | Rodents: Sigmodon hispidus, Rattus rattus | | L. (L.) shawi | Brazilian Amazon region | Lu. whitmani complex | Zoonotic | Monkeys: Cebus apella, Chiropotes satanas; edentates: Choloepus didactylus, Bradypus tridactylus; procyonids: Nasua nasua; humans | Monkeys, edentates, procyonids | | L. (V.) braziliensis | Central & South America | Lu. intermedia, Lu. whitmani, Lu. wellcomei, Lu. migonei, Lu. neivae, Lu. davisi, Lu. ovallesi, Lu. carrerai carrerai, Lu. spinicrassa, Lu. trapidoi, Lu. gomezi, Lu. ylephiletor, Lu. umbralitis, flaviscutellata, Lu. olmeca | Zoonotic | Rodents: Oryzomys concolor, O. capito, O. nigripes, Akodon arviculoides, Proechimys sp., Sigmodon hispidus, Bolomys lasiurus, Rhipidomys leucodactylus, Rattus rattus; marsupials: Didelphis marsupialis; dogs, cats, and horses | Humans. Terrestrial rodents and some marsupials | | L. (V.) colombiensis | Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, forests of Brazil and Peruvian lowlands, others Latin American countries | Lu. hartmanni, Lu. gomezi, Lu. panamensis | Zoonotic | Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni and humans | Edentates | | L. (V.) guyanensis | South America | Lu. umbratilis, Lu. anduzei, Lu. Ovallesi, Lu. whitmani | Zoonotic | Rodents, edentates: Choloepus didactylus, Tamandua tetradactyla; marsupials, humans | Rodents, edentates, marsupials | | L. (V.) lainsoni | Forested areas of Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia | Lu. ubiquitalis, Lu. velascoi | Zoonotic | Rodents Agouti paca and humans | Rodents | | L. (V.) lindenbergi | Degraded forest in Belém, Pará, Brazil | Currently unknown Lu. antunesi is highly suspected | Zoonotic | Humans | It is suspected that the wild animal reservoirs are probably terrestrial | | L. (V.) naiffi | States of Pará and Amazonas (Brazil), French Guyana | Lu. ayrozai, Lu. paraensis, Lu. squamiventris | Zoonotic | Nine-banded armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus, humans | Edentates | | L. (V.) panamensis | Central America | Lu. trapidoi, Lu. ylephiletor, Lu. gomezi, Lu. panamensis, Lu. hartmanni | Zoonotic | Rodents: Heteromys sp.; edentates: Choloepus hoffmanni, Bradypus infuscatus, B. griseus; marsupials, procyonids: Bassaricyon gabbi, Nasua nasua, Potos flavus, monkeys: Aotus trivirgatus, Saguinus geoffroyi; hunting dogs, humans | Rodents, edentates, marsupials, procyonids, monkeys | | L. (V.) peruviana | South America | Lu. peruensis, Lu. verrucarum | Zoonotic | Humans and dogs. Rodents: Phyllotis andinum; marsupials: Didelphis marsupialis | Rodents, marsupials |
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