%0 Journal Article
%T Comportamento reprodutivo de f¨ºmeas de Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) criadas isoladamente em laborat¨®rio
%A Mello
%A Rubens Pinto de
%A Garcia
%A Maria Luzia Mau¨¦s
%J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
%D 1988
%I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de
%R 10.1590/S0074-02761988000300017
%X starting from adults derived of stomoxys calcitrans colony established in the 'esta£¿£¿o para pesquisas parasitol¨®gicas w. o. neitz, universidade federal rural do rio de janeiro", under temperature of 27¡ăc and 70-80% of relative humidity, one female and two males were isolated in individual cages to the observations of some biological parameters formely determined as number of ovipositant female, real number o eggs by female, oviposition periodicity and female longevity. after 4 repetitions with 6 fenales at the first and second, 7 and 8 females at the third and fourth repetitions, respectively, and a total of 27 isolated females, only 10 layed eggs (37.0%); the total number of layed eggs was 2,254 with a mean of 834 eggs by female; the females had a oviposition period that varied from 3 to 17 days it happening as average 10.2 days. the oviposition rhytm changed from 3 to 7 ovipositions, with intervals changing since too little 24 hours until 6 days. the females longevity were about 17 to 38 days.
%K stomoxys calcitrans
%K biology
%K behavior of isolated females.
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