Capillary suction device

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Kapillarsauger or Solenophagen , from the Greek σωλήν (sols) = tube channel and φαγείν (phagein) = eat, those blood-sucking insects ( hematophagy ) which specifically with a very thin mouth tool (pricking apparatus) a blood capillary puncture and no more than blood record . These include B. all mosquitoes (Culicidae) and the stabber ( Stomoxys calcitrans ).

With Solenophagie the appropriate diet is called. The English name is "capillary feeding". But “Solenophagy” is also used in English specialist literature.

See also: pool feeder

Individual evidence

  1. ^ R. Lucius, B. Loos-Frank: Biology of Parasites , Berlin, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-37707-8
  2. ↑ Peter Wenk, Alfons Renz: Parasitologie: Die Biologie der Humanparasiten , Thieme-Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 9783131499011