The artificial feeding of laboratory reared palearctic sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) for studies on the transmission of disease agents.
Female sandflies of three Phlebotomus species were fed on membrane. The feeding apparatus is described and preliminary data obtained are also reported. A total 2,835 sandflies were fed: 2,596 P. perniciosus, 104 P. perfiliewi and 135 P. papatasi.
D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D004175:Diptera / Q000254:growth & development*; D004435:Eating; D008722:Methods; D013045:Species Specificity