The ability of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera; Reduviidae) to approach a thermal source solely by its infrared radiation

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 745-751

  Schmitz, Helmut ^a   Trenner, Stefan ^a   Hofmann, Michael H ^a   Bleckmann, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood sucking insect; Chagas disease; Host finding; Infrared reception; Rhodnius; Thermal orientation; Thermoreception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMIPTERA; HOST; INFRARED RADIATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0034116696     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00163-8     Document Type: Article

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