Courtship behaviour in the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis, the New World vector of visceral leishmaniasis

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-338

  Bray, D P ^a   Hamilton, J G C ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Courtship behaviour; Courtship songs; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Mating disruption; Parading; Wing flapping

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FLY; LEISHMANIASIS; MATING DISRUPTION; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

DIPTERA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 37349132290     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2007.00700.x     Document Type: Article

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