...Victoria Te Brugge; Jean-Paul Paluzzi; David A. Schooley; Ian Orchard SUMMARY Probing of a host and ingestion of a blood-meal in a fifth instar Rhodnius prolixus results in a cascade of tightly integrated events. The huge blood-meal is pumped into the anterior midgut during feeding, then modified...

... of the insect. Examples of each type of pattern are shown using the insect Rhodnius prolixus . In addition, contrary to the expectations deriving from the hygric hypothesis, it is demonstrated that the DGC does not cease in Rhodnius in humid air. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: hcontrer@uci.edu...

...Andrew Donini; Michael J. O'Donnell; Ian Orchard SUMMARY The effects of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)-related (ZooneDH),calcitonin (CT)-related (RhoprDH 31 ) and kinin-related (leucokinin I) peptides on the ion composition of fluid secreted by upper Rhodnius prolixus Malpighian tubules...

... of the first two pairs of legs, which is present in the adult of the blood-sucking bug Rhodnius and is used in climbing on a smooth surface ( Gillett, 1932 ), has a totally different structure from that of the adhesive organ of the fly. In making a combined investigation ( Gillett & Wigglesworth, 1932 ) we...