A comparative study of haemocytes in three cyclorrhaphous dipteran flies. (15th August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pal, Ruchita; Kumar, Krishna
• Is Part Of: International journal of tropical insect science. Volume 34:Number 3(2014:Sep.)
• Page Start: 207
• Page End: 216
• Publication Date: 2014-08-15
• Subjects: Insect pests -- Tropics -- Periodicals; Beneficial insects -- Tropics -- Periodicals; Entomology -- Tropics -- Periodicals; 595.70913
• DOI: 10.1017/S1742758414000332
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-7584

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="normal"> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>The larval haemolymph of three cyclorrhaphous dipteran flies, <italic>Sarcophaga ruficornis</italic> Fab., <italic>Musca domestica</italic> L. and <italic>Chrysomya megacephala</italic> Fab., possesses five different types of haemocytes: prohaemocytes; plasmatocytes; granulocytes; spherulocytes; oenocytoids. In addition, vermicytes are found in the haemolymph of <italic>S.</italic><italic>ruficornis</italic> and adipohaemocytes in the haemolymph of <italic>M. domestica</italic>. The total haemocyte counts in the three dipteran flies show an increasing trend throughout the larval stage, attaining a peak value in the freshly formed white puparium stage and declining thereafter. The differential haemocyte count shows a decline in the number of prohaemocytes with an increase in the number of plasmatocytes, granulocytes and spherulocytes.</p> </abstract>