| biting rhythm & biting activity of phlebotomid sandflies. | the biting behaviour of phlebotomid sandflies was studied in a rural village of pondicherry through all night collections for a period of one year, using human volunteers and cattle as baits. phlebotomus papatasi was caught only on human bait, showing anthropophily while ph. argentipes was caught on cattle baits, showing zoophily. the biting activity was seen throughout the night, reaching a peak of 0100 h in ph. papatasi and 0200 h in ph. argentipes. | 1992 | 1291465 |
| occurrence of entomophilic nematode infestation among phlebotomid sandfly, phlebotomus papatasi--a preliminary report. | infestation of a nematode parasite was observed in the natural population of phlebotomus papatasi in pondicherry, india. of the 877 males and 959 females sandflies examined for the natural infection, 11 females were found infested with nematodes (0.59%). the number of juveniles and/or eggs of nematodes per infected fly ranged from 1 to 192 (mean 51.36 +/- s.d 55.95). the presence of a stylet at the opening of the dorsal oesophageal duct suggests that the parasite belongs to the super family tyle ... | 1992 | 1296959 |
| seasonal abundance, natural survival & resting behaviour of phlebotomus papatasi (diptera: phlebotomidae) in pondicherry. | a study was carried out on the seasonal abundance, natural survival and resting behaviour of ph. papatasi in four ecologically different areas of pondicherry. the average indoor resting density ranged from 2.25 (may 1989) to 16.70/man hour (october 1989). ph. papatasi was observed to be predominantly endophilic in its resting behaviour. a significant positive correlation was observed between rainfall and relative density. the daily survival of adult population ranged from 0.893 to 0.949 and show ... | 1992 | 1398812 |
| population dynamics of phlebotomus papatasi (diptera:phlebotomidae) in pondicherry, india. | investigations on the population dynamics of phlebotomus papatasi were carried out. the average indoor resting density fluctuated between 16.70 and 2.25/man-hour in different seasons with a maximum density during monsoon season. there was a significant positive correlation between density and rainfall. probability of daily survival of adult population was high in monsoon and low in summer. both relative humidity and temperature influenced the survival. the finite rate of natural increase of the ... | 1993 | 7902647 |
| phlebotomine sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) of tamil nadu and pondicherry, southern india, in relation to visceral leishmaniasis. | the phlebotomine sandfly fauna of tamil nadu and pondicherry in south india is described. two morphologically different forms of phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of indian visceral leishmaniasis, are reported from madras, a known focus of visceral leishmaniasis. a new species, sergentomyia shettyi sp. nov., is described and sergentomyia babu and sergentomyia insularis stat. nov. are considered distinct species on the basis of their parapatric distribution. phlebotomus papatasi and p. argentipe ... | 1994 | 7979629 |