| absence of outer caudal setae on all larval instars of phlebotomus tobbi from the ionian greek islands. | larval instars 2, 3 and 4 of phlebotomus tobbi adler, theodor & lourie from the greek islands of corfu and zakynthos were found to have two caudal setae instead of the four usually present on these instars of phlebotomus larvae. in a scanning electron microscope comparison with larvae of p. papatasi (scopoli), a sensillum was seen in place of each outer seta of p. tobbi larvae, suggesting secondary loss of the setae. as the larvae of less than a tenth of the species and subspecies of the genus p ... | 1989 | 2519655 |