solenophagous en · ADJ
Etymology
From soleno- (“duct”) + -phagous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Feeding directly on blood from blood vessels.
These results indicate reduviids, and possibly other fast-feeding solenophagous arthropods like sandflies, provoke a weak immune response initially, but macroscopic reactions develop quickly once appropriate sensitization occurs as a result of chronic exposure.
1984, SJ Brown, JH Rosalsky, “Blood leukocyte response in hosts parasitized by the hematophagous arthropods Triatoma protracta and Lutzomyia longipalpis”, in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene:Mosquitoes, fleas, lice, and bloodsucking bugs, whose mouthparts are long and well adapted to localize blood vessels and suck directly from them or from pools formed by their rupture, are called solenophagous.
2016, Carlos Brisola Marcondes, Arthropod Borne Diseases, page 49: