Classification of female of Somoxys calcitrans (L. ) (Diptera: Muscidae), according to the physiological age

mioc Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 0074-0276 1678-8060 Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil With the purpose of maiking easier the determination of the physiological age of Stomosys calcitrans population, a classification based on the oocitary developtment and number of ovipositions was proposed. Female were reared under laboratory conditions, in individual cages and maintained in the presence of male for copulation. On the proper time, ovary and oviduct were removed and the stage of development was observed. Adult female were classified as: 1-New emerged female, 2 - Young nuliparous female, 3 - Old nuliparous female, 4 - Uniparousfemale, 5 - Two or three ovipositions times female, and 6 - Multiparous female. ABSTRACT Classificação de fêmeas de Stomoxys calcitrans (L. ) (Diptera: Muscidae), de acordo com a idade fisiológica Raymundo Nonato Moraes Benigno1 Maria Luiza Maués Garcia2 Rubens Pinto de Mello3 Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias do Pará, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Belém, Brasil Universidade Federal Fluminense, Departamento de Biologia Geral, Niterói, Brasil Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Itaguaí, Brasil With the purpose of maiking easier the determination of the physiological age of Stomosys calcitrans population, a classification based on the oocitary developtment and number of ovipositions was proposed. Female were reared under laboratory conditions, in individual cages and maintained in the presence of male for copulation. On the proper time, ovary and oviduct were removed and the stage of development was observed. Adult female were classified as: 1-New emerged female, 2 - Young nuliparous female, 3 - Old nuliparous female, 4 - Uniparousfemale, 5 - Two or three ovipositions times female, and 6 - Multiparous female. Texto completo disponível apenas em PDF. Full text available only in PDF format.