Flight muscle dimorphism and heterogeneity in flight initiation of field-collected Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-191

  Gurevitz, Juan M ^a   Kitron, Uriel ^a,b   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Dispersal polymorphism; Flight muscles; Reinfestation; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 34247491159     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/44.2.186     Document Type: Article

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