Olfactory cues for oviposition behavior in Toxorhynchites moctezuma and Toxorhynchites amboinensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-126

  Collins, L E ^a,b   Blackwell, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Olfaction; Oviposition; Toxorhynchites amboinensis; Toxorhynchites moctezuma

Indexed keywords

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; TOXORHYNCHITES; TOXORHYNCHITES AMBOINENSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; MOSQUITO; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM;

EID: 0036359002     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.121     Document Type: Article

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