Abstract
The distribution of leucokinin I-like immunoreactive neurons in the ventral ganglion of the fly Sarcophaga bullata was examined by indirect immunofluorescence. In the larval ventral ganglion there are seven pairs of large, highly immunoreactive neurons distributed ventrolaterally as bilateral pairs in abdominal neuromeres 1–7. During metamorphosis, the seven pairs of larval immunoreactive neurons survive and three additional pairs of immunoreactive neurons appear within the condensed abdominal ganglion, bringing the total number of immunoreactive neurons to 10 pairs. It is suggested that the neuropeptide from the newly formed three pairs of leucokinin-like immunoreactive neurons may have some unique function in the life of the adult insect.
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