Preliminary field observations on the flight speed of a phlebotomine sandfly

From observations with a portable wind tunnel used in the field in southern France, it is estimated that the maximum flight speed of Phlebotomus ariasi is in the range 0·65-0·70 m/sec (2·3 to 2·5 km/h).

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1986, Vol.80 (1), p.138-142
Hauptverfasser:	Killick-Kendrick, R., Wilkes, T.J., Bailly, M., Bailly, I., Righton, L.A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal ethology Animal infectious diseases Animals Biological and medical sciences Female field tests flight Flight, Animal Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Infectious diseases Medical sciences Methods Phlebotomus - physiology Phlebotomus ariasi Protozoa. Invertebrata Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Time Factors Tropical medicine velocity wind tunnels
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Zusammenfassung:	From observations with a portable wind tunnel used in the field in southern France, it is estimated that the maximum flight speed of Phlebotomus ariasi is in the range 0·65-0·70 m/sec (2·3 to 2·5 km/h).
ISSN:	0035-9203 1878-3503
DOI:	10.1016/0035-9203(86)90213-0