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Transpiratory water loss and metabolism of beetles from arid areas in East Africa
(1987)
. Carabid beetles have rates of transpiratory water loss and metabolic rates which are higher than those of tenebrionid beetles. Within each family, dry habitat beetles have lower rates of water loss than beetles from mesic ...
Adaptations of Carabid Beetles to Dry Habitats in East Africa
(1986)
The rates of water loss and humidity preference of carabids from dry tropical habitats have been studied and compared with corresponding data from temperate carabids and tropical tenebrionids. Within each group of beetles ...
Water balance and osmotic regulation in the East African tenebrionid beetle Phrynocolus petrosus
(University of Nairobi, 1987)
1. When tenebrionid beetles of the species Phrynocolus petrosus undergo evaporative dehydration, the relative water content changes less than is predictable from the water loss alone. The discrepancy from the predictable ...