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Observations on the “ Furau ” (Cicindelidae) of Northern Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

V. B. Wigglesworth
V. B. Wigglesworth
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Entomology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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In the “ Furau,” or Tiger-beetle larva of Nigeria, the digestion of the prey is mainly extra-intestinal. A dark brown slightly acid fluid, which is actively proteolytic and causes blackening of the tissues, is ejected from the intestine of the larva and dissolves the tissues of the prey. The resulting fluid is swept towards the mouth by the labium and re-ingested.

The bites of the larvae had no effect upon the skin of a monkey or of man, and there is little doubt that the larvae have no relation to the inflammatory lesion of the foot of man, which also is called “ Furau ” in Northern Nigeria.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , December 1929 , pp. 403 - 406
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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