Courtship and mating by the sandfly Phlebotomus duboscqi, a vector of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Afrotropical region

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-212

  Valenta, D T ^a,b   Killick Kendrick, R ^a   Killick Kendrick, M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Cherry Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Courtship; Epigamic behaviour; Insemination; Mating; Phlebotomus duboscqi; Piggy backing; Senegal

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FLY; MATING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034044150     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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