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THE EFFECTS OF A JH MIMIC AND CAUTERIZATION OF THE CORPUS ALLATUM COMPLEX ON THE MALE ACCESSORY GLANDS OF AEDES AEGYPTI (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

S Ramalingam  and
G. B. Craig Jr.
S Ramalingam
Affiliation:
Vector Biology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
G. B. Craig Jr.
Affiliation:
Vector Biology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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Abstract

Juvenile hormone, the secretion of the corpus allatum, apparently controls the secretory process of the male accessory glands of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Topical application of a juvenile hormone mimic induces precocious and enhanced secretion. The treatment with the JH mimic not only increases the potency of males to inseminate more numbers of females, but also stimulates secretion in fully depleted glands of A. aegypti which under normal conditions do not renew the secretory process. Males whose accessory glands are depleted due to multiple matings and later treated with the mimic also inseminate. Cauterization of the corpus allatum complex has prevented the secretory function in the glands.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 7 , July 1977 , pp. 897 - 906
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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