The role of water vapour in the orientation behaviour of the blood-sucking bug Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera, Reduviidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-321

  Barrozo, R B ^a   Manrique, G ^a   Lazzari, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anemotaxis; Chagas disease; Host search; Humidity; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HOST LOCATION; HUMIDITY; ORIENTATION; WATER VAPOR;

HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0038368902     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00005-2     Document Type: Article

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