Glossina morsitans submorsitans Newstead, 1910 breeding (Diptera: Glossinidae) in CRTA, Bobo­ Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Il. Biological characteristics

Abstract

A Glossina morsitans submoristans breeding has been created in December 1981, in CRTA, Bobo-Dioulasso, from 11,182 pupae produced by wild females bred in the bush in Comoe region (South East of Burkina Faso). Besides this colony, 38 females from the parental generation are bred in individual cages in view of assessing their biological characteristics. These 38 females and their issue were followed until the 13th generation. This study focuses on 804 females individually bred from 17-11-1981 to the end of September 1984, and sums up the results obtained, in order to calculate the mean increase coefficient (0.00766) as well as the optimum increase coefficient (0.01354) of this species. These coefficients can be used to establish breeding predictions on feeding hosts, for this Glossina morsitans submorsitans strain in CRTA laboratory conditions.