Influence of the blood meal source on the biology of Meccus picturatus Usinger 1939 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) under laboratory conditions

Aspects related to hatching, time-lapse between presenting the blood meal and beginning of feeding, feeding time, postfeed defecation delay,life time, mortality and fecundity for each stage of Meccus picturatus, life-cycle were evaluated and compared in two cohorts of M. picturatus fed on hens or ra...

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Main Authors: José Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra, Mónica Novelo López, María del Rosario Hernández Robles, Yunuen Grant Guillén
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2003-03-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000200011