Identification of neryl formate as the airborne aggregation pheromone for the American house dust mite and the European house dust mite (Acari: Epidermoptidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 798-804

  Skelton, A C ^a,b   Cameron, M M ^a   Pickett, J A ^b   Birkett, M A ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggregation pheromone; behavior; house dust mite; neryl formate

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NERYL FORMATE; PHEROMONE; TERPENE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; FEMALE; FORMIC ACIDS; MALE; PHEROMONES; TERPENES;

ACARI; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DERMATOPHAGOIDES FARINAE; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE;

EID: 77956524329     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09295     Document Type: Article

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