Seasonal population dynamics in Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann) (Diptera : Calliphoridae)
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2006-11-01
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Giao, Juliana Z.
Godoy, Wesley A. C.
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Entomological Society Brasil
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In this study the seasonal variation of fecundity, wing and tibia sizes were investigated in natural populations of Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann) as an attempt to determine the variations in life history of the species associated to seasonality. Specimens of L. eximia were monthly collected in Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil, during two years and the adult females dissected to estimate fecundity. Body size was estimated by measuring wing and tibia. Fecundity and body size were seasonally analysed. A relatively constant temporal trajectory was found for fecundity, wing and tibia size over twenty-four months. Strong positive correlations between wing and tibia size, fecundity and wing and fecundity and tibia were observed. The maintenance of stable values in L. eximia indicates that it has suffered little seasonal influence over the period analysed. This result confirms the demographics and life history stable profile of the species in spite of seasonal climatic changes observed in the study area.
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blowfly, fecundity, body size
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Neotropical Entomology. Londrina,: Entomological Society Brasil, v. 35, n. 6, p. 753-756, 2006.