Biology of Triatominae (Reduviidae Hemiptera) from North of Formosa County (Goiás-Brazil) I. Length of life cycle of Triatoma sordida (Stal. 1859)

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Author: Dalva A. Mello
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1976
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Stal’
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821976000600003; https://doaj.org/article/3dbe9f01a5b4489e96508fa7dc0d2174

In the present paper the life cycle of Triatoma sordida was studied. The mean length from egg to adult was 213 days. The mean length in days from each stage was: 24.3 (± 1.30) for the first. 32.8 (± 1.45) (2nd), 36.1 (± 1.50) (3rd), 44.6 (± 1.85) (4th) and 52.0 (± 1.92) (5th). The mean egg incubation períod was 23.2 (± 1.40). Overall mortality was 18.8% and egg viability was 82.5%.