MEANS OF MORPHOFUNCTIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF HEMATOPHAGOUS INSECTS

Morphofunctional transformations of hematophagous insects, connected w ith forming the type of parasitism is performed by different forms of adaptatiomorphosis. Most morphological changes occur within the framew ork of idioadaptations (allomorphoses); which is especially characteri stic of all free-living hematophagous groups. The transition of hemato phagues to ectopararitism, especially permanent, is accompanied, besid es idioadaptations, by cenogenetic shifts (pupigenous dipterans, hemip terans), as well as by processes of degradation of organs, with a gene rally hypomorphous development of a group (lice). The degree of reduct ion of aromorphous characters reflects the level of morphological and ecological specialization of hematophagues.