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A comparative study of haemocytes in three cyclorrhaphous dipteran flies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2014

Ruchita Pal  and
Krishna Kumar
Ruchita Pal
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad211002, India
Krishna Kumar*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad211002, India
*
*E-mail: kkumaruniv@rediffmail.com
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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.

Keywords

haemocytesTHCDHCSarcophaga ruficornisChrysomya megacephalaMusca domestica
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Research Papers
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 34 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 207 - 216
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Copyright © ICIPE 2014 

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