Comportamento reprodutivo de Synthesiomyia nudiseta van der Wulp (Diptera: Muscidae) sob condicoes de laboratorio / Reproductive behaviour of Synthesiomyia nudiseta van der Wulp (Diptera: Muscidae) under laboratory conditions

ABSTRACT

Observations were carried out on the reprodutive behavior of Synthesiomyia nudiseta females. The results of the biological parameters were pre-oviposition period (15.5ñ4.7 days), oviposition period (25.4ñ14.7 days), number of eggs per oviposition (95.9ñ18.4) rate of ovipositant females (97.5 per cent), number of ovipositions (5.31ñ3.2), number of eggs per females (509.7ñ324.9), rate of hatching (68.0ñ19.0), female longevity (53.2ñ14.7 days), reprodutive potencial (67.4 per cent) and reproductive investment (4.1).