Activity of tabanids (Insecta: Diptera: Tabanidae) attacking the Reptiles Caiman crocodilus (Linn.) (Alligatoridae) and Eunectes murinus (Linn.) (Boidae), in the Central Amazon, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 133-136

  Ferreira, Ruth L M ^a   Henriques, Augusto L ^a   Rafael, José A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Anaconda; Common caiman; Hematophagy; Horse fly; Tabanidae; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BOIDAE; BRAZIL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DIPTERA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMIDITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036366003     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000100024     Document Type: Article

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