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Field and laboratory observations on Psychodopygus lainsoni Fraiha & Ward and other sandflies (Diptera, Phlebotomidae) from the Transamazônica highway, Pará State, Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. D. Ward  and
R. Killick-Kendrick
R. D. Ward
Affiliation:
The Wellcome Parasitology Unit, Institute Evandro Chagas, C. Postal 3, 66.000 Bélem, Pará, Brazil
R. Killick-Kendrick
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Applied Entomology, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7
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Abstract

Descriptions are given of the collection and rearing of Psychodopygus lainsoni Fraiha & Ward and five sympatric species, P. carrerai (Barretto), a member of the P. squamiventris group, Lutzomyia anduzei (Rozeboom) and two undescribed species closely related to L. anduzei (Rozeboom) designated L. sp. no. 260.43 and 260.44, all from the Altamira region of the Transamazônica highway, Pará State, Brazil. Fungal contamination of rearing containers and a reluctance of reared flies to feed prevented the establishment of closed colonies of these silvatic species. Storage of P. lainsoni eggs at 15°C delayed hatching, and reduced hatch rates and larval viability. Pupal storage at 12°C failed to inhibit emergence. Diapause is reported in the egg stage of L. sp. 260.44.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , October 1974 , pp. 213 - 221
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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