title: Ovipositional site selection and oviposition behaviour of spp. Forcipomyia (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Uttar pradesh, India.
abstract: The biting midges, Forcipomyia is a vector of numerous disease of vertebrate. Forcipomyia is widly distributed in middle Gangetic Region of Uttar Pradesh. Ovipositional site selection is probably the single most important aspect of insect behaviour from an applied point of view. Vector selection behaviour is mainly influenced by the action of temperature. After Copulation, the female of Forcipomyia dibiyapurensis remain inactive for about 5-6 hrs and Forcipomyia barkhai become inactive for about 3 hrs. After that female become activated and goes for blood meal, which is helpful to development of batch of egg. Female activity starts for the oviposition at the commencement of down, both lay the eggs in humid soil around the water bodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya Govt. Degree College, Aonla, Bareilly, (U.P.).
authors.lastname: Barkha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007194:India; D010058:Oviposition