BIOLOGY ANO COLONIZATION OF THE SAND FLY 

 Lutzomyia diabolica (HALL) (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) 

 WITH NOTES ON ITS POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO HUMAN 

 CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN TEXAS, USA 



By 



PHILLIP G. LAWYER 



A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF 



THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 

 IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 

 DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY 



UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 

 1984 



