Open-access Sexing sand fly pupae (Diptera: Psychodidade: Phlebotominae)

Abstract

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.

Insecta; sand flies; sex; pupae; morphology


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