Autogeny in the neotropical sand fly Lutzomyia lichyi (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Colombia.
Host-seeking females of the anthropophilic sand fly, Lutzomyia lichyi (Floch & Abonnenc), collected in Valle, Colombia, were invariably parous. All progeny of these insects reared in the laboratory were autogenous for the first ovarian cycle, producing fertile eggs without a blood meal. The importance of autogeny in Leishmania transmission is discussed briefly.
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Seccion Entomologia, Fundacion Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas, CIDEIM, Cali, Colombia.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D003105:Colombia; D006224:Cricetinae; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D010058:Oviposition / Q000502:physiology*; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000502:physiology*