Mating Alters the Cuticular Hydrocarbons of Female Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto and Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 545-552

  Polerstock, Addie R ^a   Eigenbrode, Sanford D ^a   Klowden, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles gambiae; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Mating behavior; Mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

HYDROCARBON; SEX PHEROMONE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036580139     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.3.545     Document Type: Article

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