Autogeny in the Neotropical Sand Fly Lutzomyia lichyi (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Colombia
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 29 (4) , 698-699
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/29.4.698
Abstract
Host-seeking females of the anthropophilic sand fly, Lutzomyia lichyi (Floch & Abonnenc), collected in Valle, Colombia, were invariably parous. All progeny of these insects reared in the laboratory were autogenous for the first ovarian cycle, producing fertile eggs without a blood meal. The importance of autogeny in Leishmania transmission is discussed briefly.Keywords
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