Evidence for male- and juvenile-specific contact pheromones of the common bed bug Cimex lectularius

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-219

  Siljander, Eric ^a   Penman, Dan ^a   Harlan, Harold ^b   Gries, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Arrestment; Cimicidae; Communication; Heteroptera; Marker pheromones; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CHEMORECEPTION; CONSPECIFIC; GROWTH RESPONSE; INSECT; JUVENILE; PHEROMONE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REFUGIUM; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HETEROPTERA;

EID: 35348984931     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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