Behavioral evidence for the presence of a sex pheromone in male Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 518-525

  Chelbi, I ^a,b   Zhioua, E ^b   Hamilton, J G C ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

attraction; behavior; Phlebotomus papatasi; repellence; sex pheromone

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

DIPTERA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PROTISTA; PSYCHODIDAE; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 79955946993     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10132     Document Type: Article

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