| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1980 |
| Authors: | R. H. Roberts |
| Journal: | Journal of Medical Entomology |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Pagination: | 8-14 |
| Date Published: | 1980 |
| Keywords: | Mississippi, Reproduction, Tabanidae, USA |
| Abstract: | The effect of temperature on oogenesis and embryonic development in 14 species of Tabanidae was studied in Mississippi by collecting engorged females from a bait animal and keeping them at temperatures from 15.5 to 32.2 deg C. No oviposition occurred at 15.5 deg C, 9 species oviposited at 18.3 deg C and 11 species oviposited at 35 deg C, and the interval between blood-meal and oviposition decreased with increasing temperature. The optimum temperature range for embryonic development was found to be 21.1-29.4 deg C. Regression equations of the effect of temperature on the preoviposition and incubation periods are presented. |
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