title: Mating behaviour between different lines of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae).
abstract: Homologous and heterologous crosses were made between laboratory-reared Lutzomyia longipalpis. One line of insects originated from Para State and the other from Minas Gerais. Homologous matings showed that the two lines behaved differently before and during coition and that a mixture of the two behaviour patterns occurred in heterologous crossings.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Fundação de Ensino e Technologia de Alfenas, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000502:physiology*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D013045:Species Specificity