A bioassay for studying behavioural responses of the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) to bed bug-derived volatiles

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Weeks, E N I ^a,b   Logan, J G ^a   Gezan, S A ^a   Woodcock, C M ^a   Birkett, M A ^a   Pickett, J A ^a   Cameron, M M ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

aggregation; behaviour; Cimex lectularius; olfactometer; semiochemical

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INSECT; INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEMIOCHEMICAL; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

CIMEX; CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; CIMEX; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; ODORS; PHEROMONES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79954435939     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485309990599     Document Type: Article

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