Table 2 Physiological processes and "fiat process parts" of malaria vector listed in IDOMAL

behavioural process

189

cell-to-cell communication

0

chorion formation

2

descent to the body surface and alighting

4

circulation

0

descent to water surface

0

developmental process

30

development of competence

0

distension of midgut

6

digestion of food

27

egg laying

1

equilibrium during flight

0

endocrine system process

1

exploration and examination of body surface

33

excretion

15

flight orientation

0

fertilization

0

food ingestion

6

formation of ovarian follicles

0

formation of assembly

9

formation of peritrophic matrix

2

gliding

0

growth

4

hovering

0

immune system process

17

internalization of vitellogenin

1

muscular system process

25

long-range approach

30

nervous system process

5

organelle synthesis in midgut cells

5

nutritional process

1

ovarian cycle

27

previtellogenic development

2

ovarian developmental stages (Christophers)

10

regulation of biological process

1

ovarian developmental stages (Troy et al.)

9

release of 20-hydroxyecdysone

0

oviposition

0

reproduction

90

persistent locomotion

0

respiration

5

process of oogenesis

40

response to stimulus

87

process of ovulation

1

rRNA synthesis in oocyte and nurse cells

0

production of digestive enzymes

4

saliva secretion

0

senses and flight response during mating

29

secretion of peritrophic matrix in larvae

0

short-range approach to the host

5

sensory perception

21

skin-hopping

0

stimulation of vitellogenin synthesis

0

termination stage

0

untrastructural change in the trophocyte

6

vector metabolic process

32

vitellogenesis

10

vitellogenic stage

1

vitellogenin synthesis

2