Pelos urticantes é a designação dada em biologia aos pelos (nas plantas tricomas) modificados para funcionarem como mecanismos de defesa primária utilizados por numerosas plantas, algumas tarântulas da América e várias lagartas de lepidópteros.

Pelos urticantes de Urtica dioica (urtiga-comum).

Bibliografia

  • Matheson R. 1950. Medical Entomology. (2nd ed.). Comstock Publications, Ithaca, New York. 612 p.
  • Riley WA, Johannsen OA. 1938. Medical Entomology; a Survey of Insects and Allied Forms Which Affect the Health of Man and Animals. McGraw-Hill, New York. 483 p.
  • Roth LM, Eisner T. 1962. Chemical defenses of arthropods. Annual Review of Entomology 7: 107-136.
  • Wirtz RA. 1984. Allergic and toxic reactions to non-stinging arthropods. Annual Review of Entomology 29: 47-69.

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