Cuticular hydrocarbons and their role in copulatory behavior in Phormia regina (Meigen)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1065-1076

  Stoffolano, John G ^a   Schauber, Eric ^b   Yin, Chih Ming ^a   Tillman, Julie A ^c   Blomquist, Gary J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blow fly; Contact pheromone; Copulatory behavior; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Dipteran; Species specificity

Indexed keywords

COPULATORY BEHAVIOUR; CUTICULAR HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON;

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; PHORMIA REGINA;

EID: 0031255767     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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