Nieves E, Ribeiro A, Brazil R
Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1997 Nov-Dec;92(6):733-7. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02761997000600002.
To determine the influence of physical factors on oviposition of Lutzomyia migonei (Diptera: Psychodidae) under laboratory conditions, two sets of experiments were performed. The first test was to determine the influence of the size of pots on oviposition. Gravid flies were placed individually or in groups in different oviposition pots. The number of eggs laid, oviposition time and survival of gravid females were observed. In the second experiment, the influence of irregular surfaces on oviposition was studied. The results suggested that physical space was not an important factor in the oviposition behavior of L. migonei and that the flies showed a preference to oviposit on irregular horizontal surfaces in response to thigmotropic behavior.
为了在实验室条件下确定物理因素对米氏白蛉（双翅目：毛蠓科）产卵的影响，进行了两组实验。第一个试验是确定产卵盆大小对产卵的影响。将孕蝇单独或成群放置在不同的产卵盆中。观察产卵数量、产卵时间和孕蝇的存活情况。在第二个实验中，研究了不规则表面对产卵的影响。结果表明，物理空间不是米氏白蛉产卵行为的重要因素，并且由于趋触性，这些苍蝇表现出在不规则水平表面上产卵的偏好。
