THE COLONIZATION OF LUTZOMYIA-YOUNGI AND THE PUTATIVE ROLE OF FREE-LIVING NEMATODES IN THE BIOLOGY OF PHLEBOTOMINE SANDFLY LARVAE

Authors
KILLICKKENDRICK M KILLICKKENDRICK R ANEZ N NIEVES E SCORZA JV TANG Y
Citation
M. Killickkendrick et al., THE COLONIZATION OF LUTZOMYIA-YOUNGI AND THE PUTATIVE ROLE OF FREE-LIVING NEMATODES IN THE BIOLOGY OF PHLEBOTOMINE SANDFLY LARVAE, Parasite, 4(3), 1997, pp. 269-271
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasite → ACNP
ISSN journal
1252607X
Volume
4
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
269 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
1252-607X(1997)4:3<269:TCOLAT>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A closed colony of Lutzomyia youngi Murillo & Zeledon from the Venezue lan Andes was successfully established in the laboratory with a larval food containing two free-living nematodes (Coenorhabditis sp. and Aph elenchoides bicaudatus). This raises the question of the relationships between sandfly larvae and associated terrestrial fauna.