Repellent efficacy of formic acid and the abdominal secretion of carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) against Amblyomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 718-721

  Falótico, Tiago ^a   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Verderane, Michele P ^a   De Resende, Briseida D ^a   Izar, Patrícia ^a   Ottoni, Eduardo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Anting; Camponotus rufipes; Formic acid; Repellence

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECT REPELLENT;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; NEGRO; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANIMALS; ANTS; BRAZIL; FORMIC ACIDS; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; IXODIDAE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA INCISUM; AMBLYOMMA PARVUM; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS RUFIPES; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447565233     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[718:REOFAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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