Temperature and Tissue Type Impact Development of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Sri Lanka

Y. Tharindu B. Bambaradeniya; W.A. Inoka P. Karunaratne; Jeffery K. Tomberlin; Induwara Goonerathne; Rasika B. Kotakadeniya

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23 November 2017 Temperature and Tissue Type Impact Development of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Sri Lanka

Y. Tharindu B. Bambaradeniya, W.A. Inoka P. Karunaratne, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Induwara Goonerathne, Rasika B. Kotakadeniya

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J. of Medical Entomology, 55(2):285-291 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx211

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Bat bugs (Cimex adjunctus Barber) (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) collected from big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus Palisot de Beauvoir) in Colorado, United States were assessed for the presence of Bartonella, Brucella, and Yersinia spp. using molecular techniques. No evidence of Brucella or Yersinia infection was found in the 55 specimens collected; however, 4/55 (7.3%) of the specimens were positive for Bartonella DNA. Multi-locus characterization of Bartonella DNA shows that sequences in bat bugs are phylogenetically related to other Bartonella isolates and sequences from European bats.

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Y. Tharindu B. Bambaradeniya, W.A. Inoka P. Karunaratne, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Induwara Goonerathne, and Rasika B. Kotakadeniya "Temperature and Tissue Type Impact Development of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in Sri Lanka," Journal of Medical Entomology 55(2), 285-291, (23 November 2017). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx211

Received: 13 May 2017; Accepted: 28 September 2017; Published: 23 November 2017

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