Infection with the wMel and wMelPop strains of Wolbachia leads to higher levels of melanization in the hemolymph of Drosophila melanogaster‚ Drosophila simulans and Aedes aegypti.  | World Mosquito Program
This paper showed that Wolbachia infections may alter the arthropod hosts physiology‚ including increased levels of melanization in adult females and a delayed rate of melanization in the egg stage.
Infection with the wMel and wMelPop strains of Wolbachia leads to higher levels of melanization in the hemolymph of Drosophila melanogaster‚ Drosophila simulans and Aedes aegypti. 
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