. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. Parasites. Fig. 14.—External genitalia of Phlebotomus minutus, <$ ; sc, superior claspers ; lie, interior claspers ; ia, intermediate appendages; ed, ejacu'atory V i'r. 15.—Superior clasper [sc) and intermediate appendages (»a) of Phlebotomus minutus, more highly magnified. The first two examples were captured by Major F. L. Dibblec, Royal Marine Artillery, at his residence at Sliema, August 20th, 1910; and two additional specimens were taken by myself, one at Casa Leoni, in a rabbil hutch, August 31st; the other at Floriana, August 27t


. Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology. Parasites. Fig. 14.—External genitalia of Phlebotomus minutus, <$ ; sc, superior claspers ; lie, interior claspers ; ia, intermediate appendages; ed, ejacu'atory V i'r. 15.—Superior clasper [sc) and intermediate appendages (»a) of Phlebotomus minutus, more highly magnified. The first two examples were captured by Major F. L. Dibblec, Royal Marine Artillery, at his residence at Sliema, August 20th, 1910; and two additional specimens were taken by myself, one at Casa Leoni, in a rabbil hutch, August 31st; the other at Floriana, August 27th. In captivity Ph. minutus is much more active than any of the other Maltese species, and when confined to a small area was almost incessantly moving from place to place. Apart from its flea-like actions it also has the remarkable habit of whirling round and round with great rapidity, so rapidly at times as to render itself almost Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Liverpool University Press [etc. ]


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