Sandflies are vectors of several pathogens, constituting serious health problems. Lutzomyia
longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) is the main vector of Leishmania chagasi, agent of visceral …

Abstract Brontocoris tabidus (Signoret)(Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) is an obligate
zoophytophagous predator because its population can be maintained in the laboratory …

Light microscopy of native preparations, histology, and electron microscopy have revealed
that Phlebotomus duboscqi belongs to a class of sand fly species with prompt development …

Blood-feeding behavior has independently evolved in arthropods multiple times. Unlike hard
ticks, soft ticks employ a rapid-feeding strategy for hematophagy, and there are …

Cell death, proliferation, and differentiation in some developmental stages of insects have
been studied in the midgut of ametabolous, which undergo only continuous growth, and …

Morphology of the alimentary canal of the mature third instar larva of the blow fly, Chrysomya
megacephala (F.), was examined using light, scanning, and transmission electron …

Abstract Lutzia mosquitoes (Theobald, 1903) are predaceous during their larval stages, but
the adult feeding is not clearly understood, especially in relation to blood feeding. In case …

Data considering the degeneration and regeneration of the midgut epithelium in the
primitive wingless insects, such as Collembola, are rather poor. Also information, which …

During metamorphosis, holometabolous insects undergo significant remodeling of their
midgut and become able to cope with changes in dietary requirements between larval and …

The sugarcane borer, Diatraea saccharalis Fabricius, has great economical interest as it
affects the culture and industrial use of the sugarcane. However, there are few studies …