Cuticular hydrocarbon variability among Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) populations from Mexico and Guatemala

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 780-788

  Calderon Fernandez G ^a   Juarez M P ^a   Ramsey, J ^b   Salazar Schettino, P M ^c   Monroy, M C ^d   Ordonez R ^b   Cabrera, M ^c  

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

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbons; Guatemala; Mexico; Population structure; Triatoma dimidiata

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 25444445541     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.5.780     Document Type: Article

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