Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes newst. (Diptera: Glossinidae) along lake Victoria shore in South Nyanza.

Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead was studied with specific reference to temperature, relative humidity, light intensity, resting and breeding sites. The comprehensive study was undertaken to assemble, upgrade and bridge gaps in information on the species which would be used in organizi...

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Main Author: Oloo, F.P.
Format: Tesis
Language:Inglés
Published: University of Nairobi 1983
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79669
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description Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead was studied with specific reference to temperature, relative humidity, light intensity, resting and breeding sites. The comprehensive study was undertaken to assemble, upgrade and bridge gaps in information on the species which would be used in organizing control programmes against the fly. Hourly temperature and relative humidity taken where the flies were caught along a representative belt transect laid across tsetse fly habitats showed low correlation with catches from or near stationary human-baits during day-time. Temperature apparently o 0 switched biting activity on and off at 20 C and 36 C respectively, but had little influence on activity when it was on.. Light intensity read from photographic exposure meter showed significant positive correlation with hourly catches and seemed to be the main physical factor controlling the fly activity within the temperature range allowing flight. The fly exhibited one diurnal activity peak between 0815 and 1315 h with climax at 1045 h
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spelling CGSpace796692023-02-15T11:16:43Z Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes newst. (Diptera: Glossinidae) along lake Victoria shore in South Nyanza. Oloo, F.P. glossina ecology temperature Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead was studied with specific reference to temperature, relative humidity, light intensity, resting and breeding sites. The comprehensive study was undertaken to assemble, upgrade and bridge gaps in information on the species which would be used in organizing control programmes against the fly. Hourly temperature and relative humidity taken where the flies were caught along a representative belt transect laid across tsetse fly habitats showed low correlation with catches from or near stationary human-baits during day-time. Temperature apparently o 0 switched biting activity on and off at 20 C and 36 C respectively, but had little influence on activity when it was on.. Light intensity read from photographic exposure meter showed significant positive correlation with hourly catches and seemed to be the main physical factor controlling the fly activity within the temperature range allowing flight. The fly exhibited one diurnal activity peak between 0815 and 1315 h with climax at 1045 h 1983 2017-02-03T11:04:26Z 2017-02-03T11:04:26Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79669 en Limited Access University of Nairobi Oloo, F. P. 1983. Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes newst. (Diptera: Glossinidae) along lake Victoria shore in South Nyanza. MSc thesis in Entomology. University of Nairobi.
spellingShingle glossina
ecology
temperature
Oloo, F.P.
Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes newst. (Diptera: Glossinidae) along lake Victoria shore in South Nyanza.
title Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes newst. (Diptera: Glossinidae) along lake Victoria shore in South Nyanza.
title_full Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes newst. (Diptera: Glossinidae) along lake Victoria shore in South Nyanza.
title_fullStr Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes newst. (Diptera: Glossinidae) along lake Victoria shore in South Nyanza.
title_full_unstemmed Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes newst. (Diptera: Glossinidae) along lake Victoria shore in South Nyanza.
title_short Ecology of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes newst. (Diptera: Glossinidae) along lake Victoria shore in South Nyanza.
title_sort ecology of glossina fuscipes fuscipes newst diptera glossinidae along lake victoria shore in south nyanza
topic glossina
ecology
temperature
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79669
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