Killick-Kendrick R, Wilkes T J, Bailly M, Bailly I, Righton L A
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1986;80(1):138-42. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(86)90213-0.
From observations with a portable wind tunnel used in the field in southern France, it is estimated that the maximum flight speed of Phlebotomus ariasi is in the range 0.65-0.70 m/sec (2.3 to 2.5 km/h).