The Adaptation of Bloodsucking Black Flies to Feeding on Warm-blooded Animals
Simuliidae morphological adaptations to suck the blood are combined into several groups: habitus, sensory vesicle of maxillary palp (Lutz’s organ), mouthparts, claws adaptations. Habitus adaptations can be traced in smaller absolute body sizes, relatively large head sizes, reduction of 2–6 abdomen s...
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| Language: | English |
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Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Науковий вісник Східноєвропейського національного університету імені Лесі Українки: Серія: Біологічні науки |
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| Online Access: | https://journalbio.eenu.edu.ua/index.php/bio/article/view/75 |