Two new larval diets for rearing sandflies in the laboratory

Áñez, Néstor; Oviedo, Milagros

doi:10.1016/0035-9203(85)90215-9

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“…argentipes (Ghosh & Battacharya 1989) but strongly contrasts with that reported for other Verrucarum species such as Lu. youngi (Castro & Scorza 1977, Añez & Oviedo 1985 and Lu. columbiana (Cadena & Montoya, unpub.…”

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Rearing and Colonization of Lutzomyia evansi (Diptera: Psychodidae), a Vector of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Colombia

Montoya-Lerma

Cadena-Peña

Jaramillo-Salazar

1998

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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Rearing and Colonization of Lutzomyia evansi (Diptera: Psychodidae), a Vector of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Colombia

Montoya-Lerma

Cadena-Peña

Jaramillo-Salazar

1998

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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“…Male and female adults feed on plant sap (or blood, in the case of females) (Brazil and Brazil, 2003; Soares and Turco, 2003) while larvae grow on decaying organic matter, mainly of plant origin, or animal feces. Wermelinger and Zanuncio (2001) found that L. longipalpis and L. intermedia larvae improved development until pupation when fed a variety of the diet described by Young et al (1981), constituted by humus containing an intense proliferation of fungi. The authors suggested that this composition mimicked the larval substrate in the wilderness.…”

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Expression pattern of glycoside hydrolase genes in Lutzomyia longipalpis reveals key enzymes involved in larval digestion

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The sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis is the most important vector of American Visceral Leishmaniasis. Adults are phytophagous (males and females) or blood feeders (females only), and larvae feed on solid detritus. Digestion in sand fly larvae has scarcely been studied, but some glycosidase activities putatively involved in microorganism digestion were already described. Nevertheless, the molecular nature of these enzymes, as the corresponding genes and transcripts, were not explored yet. Catabolism of microbial carbohydrates in insects generally involves β-1,3-glucanases, chitinases, and digestive lysozymes. In this work, the transcripts of digestive β-1,3-glucanase and chitinases were identified in the L. longipalpis larvae throughout analysis of sequences and expression patterns of glycoside hydrolases families 16, 18, and 22. The activity of one i-type lysozyme was also registered. Interestingly, this lysozyme seems to play a role in immunity, rather than digestion. This is the first attempt to identify the molecular nature of sand fly larval digestive enzymes.

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Some Aspects of the Biology of Phlebotomine Sandfly Vectors

Ward

1989

Advances in Disease Vector Research

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Two new larval diets for rearing sandflies in the laboratory

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Rearing and Colonization of Lutzomyia evansi (Diptera: Psychodidae), a Vector of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Colombia

Rearing and Colonization of Lutzomyia evansi (Diptera: Psychodidae), a Vector of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Colombia

Expression pattern of glycoside hydrolase genes in Lutzomyia longipalpis reveals key enzymes involved in larval digestion

Some Aspects of the Biology of Phlebotomine Sandfly Vectors

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