Abstract
Some aspects of flight behaviour in the triatomine bug Triatoma sordida were investigated. A strong link between flight initiation and nutritional status as expressed by weight: length ratio was shown. Flight activity was strongly nocturnal and unimodal, commencing with the onset of darkness. A capacity to lay eggs after flight initiation was noted.
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Quelques aspects de comportement du vol de Triatoma sordida a ete etudie. Un lien étroit entre l’initiation du vol et le besoin en nourriture existe comme le montre le rapport poids: longeur. L’envol etait essentiellement nocturne et unimodal, commencant apres la tombee de la nuit. L’aptitude a pondre d’oeufs apres le vol a ete note.
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McEwen, P.K., Lehane, M.J. Factors Influencing Flight Initiation in the Triatomine Bug Triatoma Sordida (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Int J Trop Insect Sci 14, 461–464 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400014132
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