Biological aspects of immature stage of Nyssomyia whitmani (Antunes and Coutinho) (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in laboratory conditions

Nyssomyia whitmani (Antunes and Coutinho, 1939) has been considered as a complex of cryptic species, and some of the populations of this complex plays an important role in the transmission of Leishmania spp. in Brazil. The present study reports the biological aspects concerning the productivity out of eggs and the development time of the descendants of females obtained in Dourados municipality, Mato Grosso do Sul state. The females were captured with modified electric aspirators, fed in hamsters and further individualized in containers for breeding. At the insectary, temperature and relative humidity were maintained on average of 24.5 °C and 67.3%, respectively. From 944 females 3737 eggs were obtained, 748 (20.0%) evolved to the stage of larvae, and 93 (12.4%) of these reached adult stage. The life cycle lasted 80.6 days and the last larval instar was the longest. The use of a higher protein diet revealed a significant improvement in larval development.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Ribeiro,Letícia Moraes, Oshiro,Elisa Teruya, Souza,Daiana Alovisi de, Fernandes,Magda Freitas, Santos,Kleiton Maciel dos, Mateus,Nathália Lopes Fontoura, Oliveira,Alessandra Gutierrez de
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia 2015
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262015000200100
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