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The effect of different proportions of males and females over the Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann 1819) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) biotic potential and longevity under laboratory conditions
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QUEIROZ, Maria Margareth de Carvalho; MELLO, Rubens Pinto de; FREIRE, Nicolau Maués da Serra. The effect of different proportions of males and females over the Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann 1819) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) biotic potential and longevity under laboratory conditions. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 91, n. 2, p. 243-247, Mar./Apr. 1996.
0074-0206
10.1590/S0074-02761996000200023
1678-8060
Autor
Queiroz, Margareth Maria de Carvalho
Mello, Rubens Pinto de
Freire, Nicolau Maués da Serra
Resumen
Chrysomya albiceps specimens were derived from colonies kept under laboratory conditions. The oviposition period, total number of eggs-mass and the weight of the eggs-mass (average/female) presented significant differences between colonies regarding the sexual ratio of 1male/1female (situation I), when compared to the other ratios (1male/3female, situation II), (1male/5female, situation III), (3male/1female, situation IV) and (5 male/1female, situation V). It was ascertained that the increase in the proportion of females, resulted in higher weight and greater number of ovipositions and lenghtening of the period of oviposition, leads to a decrease in their lifespan.