Female metasternal gland odours mediate male aggregation in Rhodnius prolixus, a triatomid bug

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-36

  Pontes, G B ^a   Lorenzo, M G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Metasternal glands; Rhodnius prolixus; Sexual aggregation

Indexed keywords

SEX PHEROMONE;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; FEMALE; INSECT; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; ODOR; SIGNAL; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODNIUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; ODORS; RHODNIUS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 84856234054     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2011.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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