Biology of the first generation of a laboratory colony of Nyssomyia intermedia (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) and Nyssomyia neivai (Pinto, 1926) (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

José Dilermando Andrade Filho²  Eunice A Bianchi Galati¹  Alda Lima Falcão² 

[1] ,Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou Belo Horizonte MG ,Brasil

关键词: Nyssomyia intermedia;    Nyssomyia neivai;    Phlebotominae;    Psychodidae;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762004000600011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The phlebotomine sand flies Nyssomyia intermedia (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) and Nyssomyia neivai (Pinto, 1926) are very close and may be involved in the transmission of Leishmania spp. Ross, 1903 in Brazil. The biology of the first laboratory-reared generations of these species, descended from insects captured in Além Paraíba (N. intermedia) and Corinto (N. neivai) in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, is described here. The captured females were fed on hamsters and maintained individually in rearing pots. Laboratory temperature and relative humidity were maintained at 25-26ºC and 80% respectively. The productivity of the first generation of N. intermedia was greater than that of N. neivai, and its development time clearly shorter, particularly for the second and third larval instars.

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