title: Thermal constant of an experimental population of Muscina stabulans (Fallén 1817) (Diptera:Muscidae) in the laboratory.
abstract: A study was conducted to investigate the thermal constant in an experimental population of Muscina stabulans (Fallén 1817). A natural population was obtained from a livestock and their F1 generations were maintained at four constant temperatures (16 degrees C, 20 degrees C, 26 degrees C and 31 degrees C). The thermal constant was calculated by the hyperbole method using the base temperature, tb = 4.4 degrees C and the thermal constant K = 35.3 GD. Ricker's geometric regression, considering tb = 7.8 degrees C and K = 28.9 GD was also calculated.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, 18618-000, Brasil. luciene@ibb.unesp.br
authors.forename: Luciene Maura
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Mascarini
authors.forename: Angelo Pires
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: do Prado
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009117:Muscidae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors