Abstract
The 4 main fatty acids of the fat-body of the mosquito Aedes logoi are palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid and oleic acid. In the fat-body of the mosquitoes infected with the slow loris filaria, Breinlia sergenti, a pronounced increase in the saturated fatty acid components, palmitic and stearic acids accompanied by a decrease in the unsaturated fatty acid components, palmitic and stearic acids, was observed on the twelfth day after the infecting blood meal. This coincided with the time of most active development of the filarial larvae within the fat-body—from the second larval to the infective third larval stage. As these changes were not observed in the fat-body of uninfected mosquitoes of the same age, they are interpreted as being related to the nutritional and energy requirements of the developing larvae within the fat-body.
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