Life cycle, feeding and defecation patterns of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (Lent & León 1958) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) under laboratory conditions

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 690-695

  Villacís, Anita G ^a   Arcos Terán, Laura ^b   Grijalva, Mario J ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Ecuador; Feeding and defecation patterns; Life cycle; Rhodnius ecuadoriensis

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS ECUADORIENSIS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODNIUS;

ANIMALS; DEFECATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; RHODNIUS;

EID: 56749176717     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008000700011     Document Type: Article

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