Dimethyl trisulphide is a strong attractant for some calliphorids and a muscid but not for the reindeer oestrids Hypoderma tarandi and Cephenemyia trompe

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 211-218

  Nilssen, Arne C ^a   Tømmerås, Bjørn Åge ^b   Schmid, Rudolf ^c   Evensen, Sissel Barli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attraction; Blowfly; Calliphoridae; Dimethyl trisulphide; Diptera; Muscidae; Odour; Oestridae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000216141     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00828.x     Document Type: Article

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