The sexual behaviour of Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae): An experimental study

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-300

  Pires, Herton Helder Rocha ^b   Lorenzo, Marcelo Gustavo ^a   Lazzari, Claudio Ricardo ^c   Diotaiuti, Liléia ^a   Manrique, Gabriel ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Faculdades Federais Integradas D   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Mating; Panstrongylus megistus; Sex pheromones; Sexual behaviour; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PANSTRONGYLUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

HEMIPTERA; PANSTRONGYLUS; PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 3042523360     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000300010     Document Type: Article

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