Phospholipid composition and pheromonal activity of nuptial secretion of the male German cockroach, Blattella germanica

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 104, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 337-344

  Kugimiya, Soichi ^a   Nishida, Ritsuo ^a   Kuwahara, Yasumasa ^a   Sakuma, Masayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Blattellidae; Cockroach; Courtship pheromone; Dictyoptera; Nuptial secretion; Phagostimulant; Phospholipid; Tergal glands

Indexed keywords

COCKROACH; COURTSHIP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHEROMONE; PHOSPHOLIPID; SECRETION;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BLATTELLIDAE; DICTYOPTERA;

EID: 0036766056     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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