Flight initiation by male Rhodnius prolixus is promoted by female odors

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-451

  Zacharias, Claudia A ^a   Pontes, Gina B ^b   Lorenzo, Marcelo G ^b   Manrique, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Communication; Flight; Hemiptera; Metasternal glands; Pheromones; Reduviidae; Rhodnius prolixus; Sexual behavior; Triatominae; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; DISEASE VECTOR; FEMALE; FLIGHT; INSECT; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PHEROMONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FLYING; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODNIUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; ODORS; RHODNIUS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 77952321134     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9779-1     Document Type: Article

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