Leg loss in Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) due to pyrethroid exposure: Toxic effect or defense by autotomy?
Background & objectives: Phlebotomine sandflies lose their legs after exposure to pyrethroids. In some insects leg loss helps to defend them from intoxication and predation, a phenomenon known as autotomy. A field observation has shown that sandflies that have lost some legs are still able to bl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Vector Borne Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jvbd.org/article.asp?issn=0972-9062;year=2016;volume=53;issue=4;spage=317;epage=326;aulast=Santamaría;type=0 |