Gonotrophic Development and Survival in Field Populations of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) at Dairies in California, Minnesota, and Georgia, and the Relationship of Fly Age to Relative Abundance of (Z)-9-Tricosene (Muscalure)

Adult female Musca domestica L. were collected in 2004 and 2005 from dairies in California, Minnesota, and Georgia. Relative abundance of (Z)-9-tricosene (muscalure) among the dominant eight hydrocarbons was determined. Fly heads then were removed to quantify pterin levels and estimate fly age, abdo...

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Published in:Journal of medical entomology 2013-07, Vol.50 (4), p.748-757
Main Authors: Butler, S M, Moon, R D, Hinkle, N C, Millar, J G, McElfresh, J S, Mullens, BA
Format: Article
Language:English
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Diptera
Musca domestica
Muscidae
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Summary:Adult female Musca domestica L. were collected in 2004 and 2005 from dairies in California, Minnesota, and Georgia. Relative abundance of (Z)-9-tricosene (muscalure) among the dominant eight hydrocarbons was determined. Fly heads then were removed to quantify pterin levels and estimate fly age, abdomens were dissected to score gonotrophic development and parity (follicular relics), and spermathecae were examined for sperm. Daily survival was assessed using two estimates of time required to become gravid: laboratory-based degree-day (DD) estimates and estimates based on pterin values in field-collected flies matched to their stages of gonotrophic development. Among newly emerged females (oocyte stage 1) with detectable muscalure, it comprised < approximately 1.5% of cuticular hydrocarbons. In muscalure-positive flies, muscalure comprised a higher proportion of cuticular hydrocarbons in older flies from California and Minnesota (6-9% when gravid) versus flies from Georgia (
ISSN:0022-2585
DOI:10.1603/ME12014