Thermal Constant of an Experimental Population of Muscina stabulans (Fallén 1817) (Diptera:Muscidae) in the Laboratory

• Main Authors: Luciene Maura Mascarini, Ângelo Pires do Prado
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2002-03-01
• Series: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
• Subjects: Muscina stabulans; thermal constant; constant temperature
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000200026

A study was conducted to investigate the thermal constant in an experimental population of Muscina stabulans (Fallén 1817). A natural population was obtained from a livestock and their F1 generations were maintained at four constant temperatures (16°C, 20°C, 26°C and 31°C). The thermal constant was calculated by the hyperbole method using the base temperature, tb = 4.4°C and the thermal constant K = 35.3 GD. Ricker's geometric regression, considering tb = 7.8°C and K = 28.9 GD was also calculated.