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The respiratory metabolism of tsetse flies, Glossina spp., in relation to temperature, blood‐meal size and pregnancy cycle
Author(s) -
TAYLOR PAUL
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1977.tb00123.x
Subject(s) - biology , respiration , glossina morsitans , respirometer , blood meal , meal , respiratory system , zoology , energy metabolism , physiology , endocrinology , anatomy , food science
. The respiratory metabolism of laboratory‐reared and wild‐caught Glossina morsitans and wild‐caught G. pallidipes males is described in relation to temperature. A common Q 10 response to differences in temperature was shown by all groups. The effect of in utero larval development on the respiration of G. morsitans females was measured. Pregnancy caused a considerable rise in respiration at the L 1 stage, and this high level was maintained until larviposition. Continuous respiration measurements of G. morsitans for several days after a blood‐meal (using a continuously recording respirometer) suggest a higher energy cost of digestion than previously reported, and a direct relationship between blood‐meal size and respiration.