Longevidade e oviposição de Ophyra albuquerquei (Diptera, Muscidae) em condições de laboratório

Iheringia. Série Zoologia

Rodrigo F. Krüger²  Paulo B. Ribeiro¹  Claudio J. B. De Carvalho²  Francine M. Lambrecht¹  Adrise M. Nunes¹ 

[1] ,UFPR Depto de Zoologia Curitiba PR ,Brasil

关键词: Artificial diet;    lifespan;    mortality;    Ophyra;    senescence;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0073-47212004000200014

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Aspects related to the longevity and oviposition of Ophyra albuquerquei Lopes, 1985 are studied. Males had a mean lifespan longer than females (40.24 vs. 33.15 days, respectively), while still possessing qualitative advantages during this period. Females O. albuquerquei were fed on powdered milk, fish flour, refined sugar and water, and provided fish flour and moistened sawdust for oviposition. The length of the oviposition period for females was 46.75 days, and most of the deposition of the eggs occurred in the first days of the colony. Females completed 50% of their egg deposition by Day 16, seven days before the large last mortality peak and about 12 days after the first oviposition in the colony. Females deposited an average of 184 eggs per individual. Mortality of males, unlike females, was low until the 28th day, and increased thereafter. It was demonstrated that it is possible to maintain colonies of this species under laboratory conditions for at least 28 days with high fertility and low cost.

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