- Title
- Larval development of the carrion-breeding flesh fly, Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) tibialis Macquart (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), at constant temperatures
- Creator
- Villet, Martin H
- Creator
- MacKenzie, B
- Creator
- Muller, Wilhelmine J
- Date Issued
- 2006
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- text
- Type
- Article
- Identifier
- vital:7091
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012422
- Description
- Larvae of Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) tibialis Macquart were raised on chicken liver under six different constant temperatures. Maximum survival indicated an optimal developmental temperature of near 20°C, while trends in mortality, larval length and larval mass implied that the thermal window for successful development lay between 15°C and 30°C. Using a recently described method to estimate a simple thermal summation model, it was found that the timing of the end of the feeding phase could be estimated by a developmental zero (D0) of 5.2°C (S.E. = 1.21) and a thermal summation constant (K) of 106.4 d°C (S.E. = 8.31) and of the end of the wandering phase by D0 = 4.1°C (S.E. = 0.39) and K = 126.7 d°C (S.E. = 3.28). Published development times at constant temperatures were compiled for 19 other species of flesh flies, and the developmental constants were calculated for six species for which sufficient data were accumulated.
- Format
- 10 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Villet, M.H. and MacKenzie, B. and Muller, W.J. (2006) Larval development of the carrion-breeding flesh fly, Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) tibialis Macquart (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), at constant temperatures. African Entomology, 14 (2). pp. 357-366.
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Muller, W J (Wilhelmine Josephine) Dr
Villet, Martin Herrer (Prof)
RU Institute for Water Research, including the Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality (IWR)
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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