Larval development of the carrion-breeding flesh fly, Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) tibialis Macquart (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), at constant temperatures

Villet, Martin H; MacKenzie, Bernard L; Muller, Nikite W J

Title: Larval development of the carrion-breeding flesh fly, Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) tibialis Macquart (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), at constant temperatures
Creator: Villet, Martin H, MacKenzie, Bernard L, Muller, Nikite W J
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, pdf
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, Nikite Wilhelmine Josephine (Dr)

RU Institute for Water Research, including the Unilever Centre for Environmental Water Quality (IWR)

Villet, Martin Herrer (Prof)

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RU Department of Zoology and Entomology

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