Factors affecting engorgement behavior in the salt marsh horse fly, Tabanus nigrovittatus Macquart (Diptera: Tabanidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-412

  Downer, K E ^a,c   Nachman, R J ^b   Stoffolano Jr , J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Engorgement; Feeding techniques; Horse flies; Sulfakinins; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; HEXAPODA; TABANIDAE; TABANUS ATRATUS; TABANUS NIGROVITTATUS;

EID: 34447512632     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-007-9086-z     Document Type: Article

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