Intraspecific variability in Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) populations from Guatemala based on chemical and morphometric analyses

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-35

  Calderon Fernandez G ^a   Juarez M P ^a   Monroy, M C ^b   Menes, M ^b   Bustamante, D M ^b   Mijailovsky, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Morphometry; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 12844262416     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.1.29     Document Type: Article

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