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Characterization of morphological and biological aspects of venomous caterpillars of the genus Lonomia Walker (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Colombia

The genus Lonomia Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is of particular interest to the medical community, since the scoli of these caterpillars harbor a venom that induces hemorrhaging in humans. In Colombia, deadly encounters with Lonomia achelous (Cramer, 1777), have been reported since 2000....

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Autores principales: Toro-Vargas, Diana M., González, Camila, Rougerie, Rodolphe, Amarillo-Suárez, Angela R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37256837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285010

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