Preliminary field observations on the flight speed of a phlebotomine sandfly.
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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