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

• Main Authors: Carlos Brisola Marcondes, João Agnaldo Nascimento
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1992
• Subjects: Ciclo claro-escuro; Triatoma brasiliensis; Triatominae; Light-dark cycle; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Claro
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/2baa7ec7f33e49e9a221b074aea74b1e

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...