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MANY observations have indicated that the engorgement of bloodsucking arthropods is accompanied by the elimination of excess water resulting in the concentration of the blood-meal. This water may be rapidly eliminated during or after feeding by the Malpighian tubules of mosquitoes1, tsetse flies2 and bugs3, or by the coxal gland of argasid ticks4,5. This results in the ingested blood protein concentration being trebled, as in Culex6, or doubled as in the case of Ixodes and Ornithodoros5 and Argas7, while the data of Kitaoka8 and Maddrell9 also suggest a doubling for Boophilus microplus and Rhodnius prolixus.
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TATCHELL, R. Salivary Secretion in the Cattle Tick as a Means of Water Elimination. Nature 213, 940–941 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213940a0
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