Influence of light conditions on adult mortality and egg-laying of Triatoma brasiliensis neiva, 1911 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

We compared, for Triatoma brasiliensis, the egg-laying process and the mortality of adults under conditions of almost permanent darkness and with normal laboratory luminosity. Mortality did not differ between groups. The egg-laying per vial and per female was significantly greater in the group of no...

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Main Authors: Carlos Brisola Marcondes, João Agnaldo Nascimento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1992-12-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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