- 75
percent of all
species of
leeches (e.g.,
Hirudo medicinalis) are
hematophagous. The
spider Evarcha culicivora feeds indirectly on
vertebrate blood...
- to the sea or lakes, and
start the
adult hematophagous method of feeding. Some
individuals start hematophagous feeding in the
river before migrating to...
-
where they
constitute part of the
Neotropical fish fauna.
Candirus are
hematophagous and
parasitize the
gills of
larger Amazonian fishes,
especially catfish...
-
reliance on
mosquito larvae as one
source of prey. They can also be
hematophagous parasites of invertebrates,
depending on
whether the
bloodsucking attack...
- best-known species, such as the
medicinal leech,
Hirudo medicinalis, are
hematophagous,
attaching themselves to a host with a
sucker and
feeding on blood,...
-
other flies. The
Phlebotominae include many
genera of blood-feeding (
hematophagous) flies,
including the
primary vectors of leishmaniasis, bartonellosis...
- sap,
while species in
groups such as fleas, lice, and
mosquitoes are
hematophagous,
feeding on the
blood of animals. A
parasitoid wasp
ovipositing into...
- names, moth flies.
Members of the sub-family Phlebotominae,
which are
hematophagous (feed on blood), may be
called sand
flies in some countries, although...
-
animals for nourishment. Most
usage of the term
anthropophilia refers to
hematophagous insects (see Anopheles) that
prefer human blood over
animal blood (zoophily...
- haemosiderosis, haemostatic, hematocrit, hematogenesis, hematoma,
hematophagous, hematophagy, hematopoiesis, hematopoietic, hematuria, hemocoel, hemocyte...
