Fecundity, nymphal development and longevity of field-collected tropical bedbugs, Cimex hemipterus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-116

  How, Y F ^a   Lee, C Y ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cast exoskeleton; Cimex hemipterus; Egg incubation; Fecundity; Longevity; Nymphal development; Oviposition; Preoviposition

Indexed keywords

EGG; EXOSKELETON; FECUNDITY; INCUBATION; INSECT; LONGEVITY; OVIPOSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CIMEX; CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CIMEX; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NYMPH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; NYMPH; OVIPOSITION; SEX RATIO; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 77951981442     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2010.00852.x     Document Type: Article

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