%0 Journal Article %T Sexing sand fly pupae (Diptera: Psychodidade: Phlebotominae) %A Brazil Beatriz Gomes %A Brazil Reginaldo Pe£¿anha %J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz %D 2000 %I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de %X We describe a technique to separate male and female pupae of sand flies. This has reduced the labour to separate flies after emergence and also allows the isolation of unmated adults for behavioural and physiological studies. %K Insecta %K sand flies %K sex %K pupae %K morphology %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762000000400004