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. 1986;80(1):138-42.
doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(86)90213-0.

Preliminary field observations on the flight speed of a phlebotomine sandfly

R Killick-Kendrick, T J Wilkes, M Bailly, I Bailly, L A Righton

Preliminary field observations on the flight speed of a phlebotomine sandfly

R Killick-Kendrick et al. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1986.

Abstract

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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