The Rearing of Phlebotomus Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) II. Development and Behavior of Panamanian Sandflies in Laboratory Culture1

Abstract

Observations on the immature stages and adults, in laboratory cultures, of 33 of the 65 known Panamanian Phlebotomus sandflies, of which 24 species have been reared to the adult stage, include the following: (i) General observations on larval food; temperature; feeding habits and other behavior of larvae; feeding habits of adults ; copulation ; fertility of eggs ; longevity ; diapause and quiescence, (ii) Detailed observations on the six principal man-biting species, notes on 27 other species, with tables showing numbers of eggs per female and the times of development from oviposition to adult and for individual stages.