Spectral sensitivity of the photonegative reaction of the blood-sucking bug Triatoma infestans (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Reisenman, Carolina E ^a,b   Lazzari, Claudio ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Insect; Phototaxis; Spectral sensitivity; Triatomines; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DARKNESS; DISEASE CARRIER; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIATOMA; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DARKNESS; INSECT VECTORS; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; TRIATOMA; VISION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 29544448881     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0045-x     Document Type: Article

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