Development Conditions of Model Organism, Tribolium Castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

  • Nerlis Pajaro Castro Universidad de Sucre
  • Karina Castro Pomares Universidad de Cartagena
  • Karina Caballero Gallardo Universidad de Cartagena
  • Jesús Olivero Verbel Universidad de Cartagena
Palabras clave: life cycle, insects, larvae, pupae, laboratory conditions

Resumen

It has been widely reported that environmental conditions and the type of diet affect the development of insects. Tribolium castaneum is a beetle widely used in research as a model organism in studies of genetics, development, and toxicology. In this paper, we studied the development cycle of the insect under laboratory conditions (26±2 °C and ground or flakes oatmeal as diet). We found that the egg stage lasts for 6-7 days, the larvae can go through up to eight instars in total, and they can begin pupation from the fourth instar onwards. The pupal stage has a duration of 7±1.7 days. The duration of larval development in the insect is 46-81 days, with an average of 65±19 days. Adults have a size of 3.6±0.0 x 1.1±0.0 mm. In conclusion, Tribolium castaneum is an insect of complete metamorphosis (holometabolous) with a development period of the immature stage ranging from 46-81 days and up to eight instars in our laboratory conditions.

Biografía del autor/a

Nerlis Pajaro Castro, Universidad de Sucre

Ph. D. in Environmental Toxicology, M. Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Universidad de Sucre. Group of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sincelejo, Colombia.

Karina Castro Pomares, Universidad de Cartagena

Food Engineer. University de Cartagena. Group of Environmental and Computational Chemistry, Cartagena,Colombia.

Karina Caballero Gallardo, Universidad de Cartagena

Ph. D. in Environmental Toxicology, M. Sc. in Environmental Sciences, Food Engineer. University de Cartagena. Group of Environmental and Computational Chemistry, Cartagena, Colombia

Jesús Olivero Verbel, Universidad de Cartagena

Ph. D. in Toxicology and Pharmacology. M. Sc. in Chemistry. Pharmaceutical chemist. University de Cartagena. Environmental and Computational Chemistry Group, Cartagena, Colombia

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Biografía del autor/a

Nerlis Pajaro Castro, Universidad de Sucre

Ph. D. in Environmental Toxicology, M. Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Universidad de Sucre. Group of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sincelejo, Colombia.

Karina Castro Pomares, Universidad de Cartagena

Food Engineer. University de Cartagena. Group of Environmental and Computational Chemistry, Cartagena,Colombia.

Karina Caballero Gallardo, Universidad de Cartagena

Ph. D. in Environmental Toxicology, M. Sc. in Environmental Sciences, Food Engineer. University de Cartagena. Group of Environmental and Computational Chemistry, Cartagena, Colombia

Jesús Olivero Verbel, Universidad de Cartagena

Ph. D. in Toxicology and Pharmacology. M. Sc. in Chemistry. Pharmaceutical chemist. University de Cartagena. Environmental and Computational Chemistry Group, Cartagena, Colombia

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Cómo citar
Pajaro Castro, N., Castro Pomares, K., Caballero Gallardo, K., & Olivero Verbel, J. (2023). Development Conditions of Model Organism, Tribolium Castaneum Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Revista Facultad De Ciencias Básicas, 18(1), 97–105. https://doi.org/10.18359/rfcb.6694
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