Olfactory responses of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) to the monitor lizard Varanus niloticus niloticus

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-317

  Mohamed Ahmed, M M ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONITOR LIZARD; OLFACTORY CUE; TSETSE FLY; VISUAL CUE;

KENYA;

DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA FUSCIPES; GLOSSINA FUSCIPES FUSCIPES; GLOSSINIDAE; INSECTA; SQUAMATA; VARANUS NILOTICUS; VARANUS NILOTICUS NILOTICUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031834286     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s000748530002592x     Document Type: Article

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