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J Med Entomol

Title:		Search for a sex pheromone in Triatoma mazzottii (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Author(s):		Rojas JC; Ramirez-Rovelo A; Cruz-Lopez L;
Address:		"Laboratorio de Ecologia Quimica, Centro de Investigaciones Ecologicas del Sureste, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico"
Journal Title:		J Med Entomol
Year:		1991
Volume:		28
Issue:		3
Page Number:		469 - 470
DOI:		10.1093/jmedent/28.3.469
ISSN/ISBN:		0022-2585 (Print) 0022-2585 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Hexane extracts of volatile substances from sexually mature male and female Triatoma mazzottii Usinger, collected with cold glass trap (-10 degrees C) and evaluated in a wind tunnel, demonstrated the absence of a sex pheromone. The females failed to secrete a liquid from the sixth and seventh abdominal sternite"
Keywords:		Animals Female Male Sex Attractants/*analysis Triatoma/*analysis;
Notes:		"MedlineRojas, J C Ramirez-Rovelo, A Cruz-Lopez, L eng England 1991/05/01 J Med Entomol. 1991 May; 28(3):469-70. doi: 10.1093/jmedent/28.3.469"