title: [Behavior of caliptrate Diptera in relation to oviposition substrates under laboratory conditions in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil].
abstract: How adult females of calyptrate Diptera recognize the appropriate breeding substrate is a matter of controversy. Among holometabolic insects, the feeding opportunities of immature stages are generally determined by the adult female choice of an oviposition site. The ovipositional and larvipositional substrate preference for the synanthropic flies (Chrysomya megacephala, C. putoria, Phaenicia cuprina: Calliphoridae; Atherigona orientalis, Synthesiomyia nudiseta: Muscidae; Ravinia belforti, Parasacophaga ruficornis, Peckia chrysostoma: Sarcophagidae) is presented in this work. The substrate used for testing were the following: bovine minced meat, fish (sardine), bovine liver, shrimp, squid, human faeces and banana. Bovine minced meat was the ovipositional and larvipositional substrate preferred by seven species. Human faces were preferred by R. belforti.
authors: Departamento de Biologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: d'Almeida
authors: R P
authors: RP
authors: de Mello
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D010058:Oviposition / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Comportamento de dípteros muscóides frente a substratos de oviposição, em laboratório, no Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.