Laboratory rearing of Phlebotomus perniciosus (Diptera: Psychodidae) and fungal growth problems.

One of the difficulties of growing sandflies in the laboratory is fungal contamination. This study of the laboratory rearing of Phlebotomus perniciosus reports on the nature and circumstances of fungal contamination. Fungal growth is favoured during winter and diapause. The harmful effects vary with the fungal species and the larval stages. The solution to the problem lies on the use of aseptic techniques and the avoidance of overfeeding.

[Survey of mosquitoes in the department of Aisne (France): Parc de l'Ailette in 1989]. / Contribution à l'inventaire des moustiques du département de l'Aisne (France): le parc de l'Ailette en 1989.

Before undertaking a campaign of mosquito control in a tourist area, a survey on the breeding sites and the present species has been done between March and November 1989. Fifteen species have been found, ten of them new for the department.