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IN a previous report1, the existence in insects (Anisotarsus, Blaptica) of a neurosecretory regulating circuit was postulated in order to explain the regulation of water economy. Later experiments with Schistocerca cancellata2 did not confirm Ramsay's hypothesis, as proposed for Aedes aegypti (control by means of the peristalsis of the hindgut3), but could be interpreted on the hypothesis that regulation occurs by a direct modification of the excretory activity of the Malpighian tubes, although other hypotheses were not excluded.
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Núñez, J. A., Z. vergl. Physiol., 38, 341 (1956).
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Ramsay, J. A., J. Exp. Biol., 30, 79 (1953).
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NÚÑEZ, J. Regulation of Water Economy in Rhodnius prolixus. Nature 194, 704 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/194704a0
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