Diptera Musca domestica

Histamine (136) is detected in mosquitoes of the genera Aedes and Culex (Culicidae) beside uric acid (95) in the former (Tables VI and VIII). Catecholamines such as adrenaline (132), noradrenaline (133), and dopamine (134) are found in the larvae of the housefly, Musca domestica (Muscidae) (Table VIII). Some pteridines are found in species of the genera Cnephia (Simuliidae) and Piophila (Piophilidae) and in other Diptera. Species of the genus Glossina (Glossinidae) contain uric acid (95) (Table VI). 

Blomquist G. J., Guo L., Gu P., Blomquist C., Reitz R. C. and Reed J. R. (1994) Methyl-branched fatty acids and their biosynthesis in the housefly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera Muscidae). Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 24, 803-810. 

A number of studies since 1980 have concentrated on the search for a sex pheromone analogous to Muscalure, the first contact pheromone discovered in mature Musca domestica females (Carlson et al., 1971). Other hydrocarbons have been described in various Diptera (Carlson et al., 1978 Blomquist and Jackson, 1979 El Messoussi et al., 1994 Blomquist, Chapter 8, in this volume). In all cases, a cuticular hydrocarbon with low or no volatility and high abundance was necessary, but not sufficient for a response. Its action could be checked only... 

Methyl-branched fatty acids and their biosynthesis in the housefly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera Muscidae). Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol., 24, 803-810. 

Diptera. Cuticular hydrocarbons derived from females have been reported to function as short range sex attractants for all the species of flies that have been examined. (Zj-9-Tricosene was identified as the sex pheromone of the house fly, Musca domestica, whereas C27 and C29 cuticular monoolefins were only weakly active (42). Furthermore, (Z)-9-tricosene was reported to function as a sexual excitant as well, since the incidence of copulatory attempts by male flies was reported to be increased in the presence of this compound. It was subsequently suggested that (Z)-9-heneicosene was an orientation pheromone for male flies, and a 7 3 ratio of the C23 and C21 alkenes was optimal in terms of orientation and mating behavior (43). However, neither hydrocarbon increased the attraction of male flies to moving dummies (44), and it was eventually concluded that these long-chain (zj-9-alkenes functioned primarily as psychedelics with regard to visually stimulated sex attraction and aggregation (45). 

Yeoh, C. L., Kuwano, E., and Eto, M., Studies on the mechanisms of organophosphorus resistance in oriental house flies, Musca domestica vivina Macquart (Diptera Muscidae), Appl. EntomoL ZooL, 16, 247,1981. 

The azido derivative 683 (CGA 19255) had herbicidal and even better insecticidal activity. 683 prevented the development of the larvae of the house fly (Musca domestica) it was tested successfully as a poultry feed-through lar-vicide " . 684 (CGA 72622 cyromazine, Larvadex ), a metabolite of 683 23,824 proved to be better suitable as a larvicide " . It inhibited growth of a great variety of Diptera insect larvae (e.g. house fly, yellow fever mosquito, face fly, sheep blowfly, fall army worm). Additionally, 684 was used as anthelmintic . 684 is applied as a food additive for domestic or livestock animals or by spraying it on manure surface. Larvicidal properties of formamido " and formamidino derivatives of 684 have been tested. The bacterial degradation of 684 was investigated . ... 

Iwasa, M., Makino, S., Asakura, H., Kobori, H., and Morimoto, Y. (1999). Detection of Escherichia coli 0157 H7 from Musca domestica (Diptera Muscidae) at a cattle farm in Japan. /. Med. Entomol. 38,108-112. 

Rezabova, B., and Landa, V. (1967), Effect of 6-azauridine on the development of the ovaries of the house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera), Acta Entomol. Bohemoslov. 64, 344-351. 

For many years, it was believed that members of the order Diptera, as a group, were unable to dealkylate 24-alkyl sterols, based on definitive studies with the house fly, Musca domestica (47,48). These were the first studies in which a radiolabeled phytosterol such as pH]sitosterol was utilized in combination with gas-liquid chromatographic analysis. Nearly two decades later, the yellow fever... 

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