Temporal dynamics of flight muscle development in triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1021-1024

  Gurevitz, Juan M ^a   Kitron, Uriel ^a,b   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Dispersal polymorphism; Flight muscle development; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; SCUTUM; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRIATOMA;

EID: 70350519834     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0507     Document Type: Article

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