In vitro bionomics of an ischnoceran louse, Lipeurus caponis (Phthiraptera: insecta)

Kumar, Vijay; Hasan, S. S.

doi:10.1007/s12639-014-0512-9

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“…During last 15 years selected workers have used the incubation period of eggs, duration of nymphal instars, adult longevity and rate of egg production (derived through in vitro studies) to construct the life table of certain ischnoceran Phthiraptera. (Beg et al, 2005;Saxena et al, 2007;Gupta et al, 2007;Arya et al, 2009;Agarwal et al, 2011;Singh et al, 2012;Kumar and Hasan, 2014). In vitro culturing of different species belonging to genus Bovicola (mammalian Ischnocera, infesting goats) have been more successfully performed (Rashmi et al, 2010).…”

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In vitro biology of pigeon louse Colpocephalum turbinatum (Amblycera: Phthiraptera)

Rana¹,

Bhardwaj

Saxena³

2018

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In vitro rearing of amblyceran Phthiraptera is a challenging task. A look on the literature reveals that negligible information exists on the in vitro bionomics of avian Amblycera. Present report furnishes information on the in vitro biology of an amblyceran louse, Colpocephalum turbinatum, reared at 35 ± 1˚C, 75-82% Relative Humidity, at feather diet. The incubation period of the eggs of louse was determined as 5.37±0.67 days. The duration of first, second and third nymphal instars remained 5.04±0.65, 5.12±0.89 and 5.0±0.57 days, respectively. The longevity of adult female (13.04 ± 3.67 days) was comparatively longer than that of males (9.6±2.87 days). An adult female laid an average of 0.63 egg/day in vitro condition (35±1 o C and 75-82% RH, at feather diet).

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