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Attraction of the sand fly Nyssomyia neivai (Diptera: Psychodidae) to chemical compounds in a wind tunnel

BACKGROUND: Similar to other hematophagous insects, male and female sand flies must feed on plants to obtain sugar and, subsequently, energy to complete their life cycles. A large number of compounds emitted by plants may act as volatile signals to these insects. Primary alcohols have been detected...

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Autores principales: Machado, Vicente Estevam, Corrêa, Arlene Gonçalves, Goulart, Thais Marchi, Silva, Flávia Benini da Rocha, Ortiz, Dennys Ghenry Samillan, Pinto, Mara Cristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4354759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25889391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0748-y