M. rosenbergii were incubated for 20 days and
with Uno and Sao (1969) and Kanaujia, Mohanty,
Mitra and Prasad (2005) who demonstrated
longer period for incubation and embryonic development
(18–25 days) in M. rosenbergii. In this
respect, Prasad and Kanaujia (2006) recorded that
the incubation period in M. gangeticum was 12–
14 days, whereas in M. malcolmsonii it was 14–
17 days.