Maintenance of a laboratory colony of Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) using an artificial feeding technique

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 675-679

  Montes, C ^a   Cuadrillero, C ^a   Vilella, D ^a  

^a Medical affairs Merck sharp and Dohme ltd   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial feeding; Bedbugs; Cimex lectularius

Indexed keywords

CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CIMEX; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; FEMALE; NYMPH; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0036636261     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.4.675     Document Type: Article

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