Alarm pheromones and chemical communication in nymphs of the tropical bed bug Cimex hemipterus (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Liedtke, H Christoph ^a   Åbjörnsson, Kajsa ^a   Harraca, Vincent ^a   Knudsen, Jette T ^a   Wallin, Erika A ^a,b   Hedenström, Erik ^a,b   Ryne, Camilla ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HEXENAL; 2 OCTENAL; 4 OXO 2 HEXENAL; 4 OXO 2 OCTENAL; ALDEHYDE; INSECT REPELLENT; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA (ORGAN); ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CIMEX; CIMEX HEMIPTERUS; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SENSILLUM; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; NYMPH; PHEROMONES; SENSATION; SENSILLA; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 79953298213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018156     Document Type: Article

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