Honeydew sugars in wild-caught female horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 896-899

  Hunter, Fiona F ^a   Ossowski, Anne M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Honeydew; Hybomitra affinis; Hybomitra illota; Hybomitra zonalis; Nectar; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; CHRYSOPS; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; HEMIPTERA; HYBOMITRA AFFINIS; HYBOMITRA ILLOTA; HYBOMITRA ZONALIS; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; TABANIDAE; TABANUS ATRATUS;

CARBOHYDRATE; MELEZITOSE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; STACHYOSE; TRISACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLY; FRUIT; HUMAN; PLANT;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIPTERA; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANTS; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 0033220209     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.6.896     Document Type: Article

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