Bulletin of Entomological Research (1989) 79, 41-45

G. Kapatsa, G.E. Spates, C.L. Sheffield and J.R. DeLoach (1989)
Comparison of lipid-free haemoglobin and stroma-contaminated haemoglobin diets for adults of Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae)
Bulletin of Entomological Research 79 (1), 41-45
Abstract: Adults of Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) that fed on stroma-contaminated haemoglobin plus bovine serum albumin had normal survival, fecundity and egg hatch. Feeding on haemoglobin from which the erythrocyte membrane stroma had been removed, together with bovine serum albumin, reduced fecundity to zero. The addition of membrane ghost preparation to a lipid-free haemoglobin and bovine serum albumin diet restored the essential nutrients for normal fly fecundity. For normal reproduction therefore, S. calcitrans adults require erythrocyte stroma.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
rearing/culturing/mass production
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Stomoxys calcitrans