Aggregation mediated by faeces and footprints in Triatoma pseudomaculata (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), a Chagas disease vector

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 865-867

  Vitta, Ana Cristina R ^a   Lorenzo Figueiras, Alicia N ^b   Lazzari, Claudio R ^b   Diotaiuti, Liléia ^a   Lorenzo, Marcelo G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Behaviour; Chagas disease; Pheromones; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; INSECT CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIATOMA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FECES; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; PHEROMONES; TRIATOMA;

EID: 0036728975     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000600020     Document Type: Article

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