Myriapods
Lithobius sp.
Glomeris marginata
Arachnids
Pandinus imperator (scorpion)
Androctonus australis (scorpion)
Leirurus quinquestriatus (scorpion)
Hadrurus arizonensis
d
(scorpion)
Hadrurus hirsutus (scorpion)
Galeodes arabs (solfugid)
Eurypelma sp. (tarantula)
Ixodes ricinus (tick)
Ornithodorus moubata (tick)
Mastigoproctus (Uropygi)
d (whip scorpion)
hygric
hygric
mesic
xeric
xeric
xeric
xeric
xeric
xeric
mesic
xeric
mesic
270
200
82
0.8
2 . 1
2 . 0
25.0
6.6
10.3
60
4 . 0
21.0
792
588
212
2.4
6.2
5.9
74.0
19.4
31.2
176
12
62.0
Mead-Briggs (1956)
Edney (1951)
Cloudsley-Thompson (1959)
Cloudsley-Thompson (1956)
Cloudsley-Thompson (1961a)
Hadley (1970a)
Cloudsley-Thompson (1967)
Cloudsley-Thompson (1961b)
Cloudsley-Thompson (1967)
Lees (1947)
Lees (1947)
Ahearn (1970c)
α Transpiration in arthropods from various habitats measured in dry air at temperatures between 2° and 30°C.
6 If the vapor pressure deficit is expressed in terms of m g / c m
3 instead of mm Hg, all units cancel out except cm/second. The recip
rocal, seconds/cm, is a measure of r, the resistance of the system.
c This is for larvae whose integuments have been abraded by movement through soil. It is not, therefore, a measure of the permeability of the intact cuticle.
d Derived from figures given in terms of percentages of total weight lost, and therefore very approximate.
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