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: haemocytes, -- THC, -- DHC, -- Sarcophaga ruficornis, -- Chrysomya megacephala, -- Musca domestica; Insect pests -- Tropics -- Periodicals; Beneficial insects -- Tropics -- Periodicals; Entomology -- Tropics -- Periodicals; 595.70913
• DOI: 10.1017/S1742758414000332
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-7584

Abstract

Abstract : The larval haemolymph of three cyclorrhaphous dipteran flies, Sarcophaga ruficornis Fab., Musca domestica L. and Chrysomya megacephala Fab., possesses five different types of haemocytes: prohaemocytes; plasmatocytes; granulocytes; spherulocytes; oenocytoids. In addition, vermicytes are found in the haemolymph of S. ruficornis and adipohaemocytes in the haemolymph of M. domestica . 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.