Influence of blood meal and mating in reproduction patterns of Triatoma brasiliensis females (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) under laboratory conditions

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1031-1034

  Daflon Teixeira, Natália Faria ^a   Carvalho Costa, Filipe Aníbal ^a   Chiang, Ralem Gary ^b   Lima, Marli Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b REDEEMER UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Fertility; Triatoma brasiliensis; Triatomine

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 71149092909     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000700016     Document Type: Article

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