Fecundity and embryonal development of Romanomermis culicivorax

Ambrós Ginarte, C.; Santamarina Mijares, A.

Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 46(3): 159-163

1994


ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760
PMID: 9768256
Document Number: 423346
Romanomermis culicivorax (Ross and Smith, 1976) eggs completed the late preparasite curling phase of their embryo development in an average time of 11 days and at a temperature of 25 +/- 2 degrees C. It was also observed that female R culicivorax specimens laid 312 eggs in 13 days, when male and female specimens were placed in a substrate of distilled water with a pH = 4.5.

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