Blood meals to molt, feeding time and postfeeding defecation delay of Meccus pallidipennis (Stål, 1872) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) under laboratory conditions
Titel:
Blood meals to molt, feeding time and postfeeding defecation delay of Meccus pallidipennis (Stål, 1872) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) under laboratory conditions
Auteur:
Martínez Ibarra, José Alejandro Novelo López, Mónica
Verschenen in:
Folia entomologica mexicana
Paginering:
Jaargang 43 (2004) nr. 3 pagina's 313-319
Jaar:
2004
Inhoud:
Hatching, life cycle, blood meals to molt, mortality, fecundity, feeding time and postfeeding defecation delay for each stage of Meccus pallidipennis (Stål, 1872) were evaluated under laboratory conditions and compared to available previously published studies. Seventy-two percent of 200 eggs hatched with an average incubation period of 20.6 days. Seventy five nymphs (32.5%) completed their development to adult stadium with an average developmental time of 204.6 days. Average number of blood meals per stadium was 1.4. Percent mortality for the five instars was 12.5, 10.3, 8.9, 11.6, and 17.5, respectively. Number of eggs laid per female in a 9-month period averaged 1137.2±55.7. Times per stadium to get a complete blood meals averaged 10 min and up, whereas postdefecation times averaged less than 10 min in whole the stadia. According to laboratory data, M. pallidipennis could be considered a potentially efficient vector for the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas) to human populations in Mexico.
Uitgever:
Sociedad Mexicana de Entomología (provided by DOAJ)
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