| Title: | Olfactory responses of medically and economically important mites (Acari: Epidermoptidae and Acaridae) to volatile chemicals |
| Author(s): | Skelton AC; Birkett MA; Pickett JA; Cameron MM; |
| Address: | "Disease Control Vector Biology Unit, ITD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, United Kingdom. amanda.skelton@lshtm.ac.uk" |
| DOI: | 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[367:oromae]2.0.co;2 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 0022-2585 (Print) 0022-2585 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Dermatophagoides farinae Hughes (Acari: Epidermoptidae), the American house dust mite, and Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acari: Acaridae), the mold mite, are medically and economically important but controlling them has proved difficult, and recolonization is commonplace. Their behavioral responses to different sources of volatile chemicals are still not fully elucidated. For the first time, the Y-tube olfactometer, which is an enclosed bioassay to resolve responses to test and control volatiles, has been successfully used with these mites. Mites were tested individually, and both T. putrescentiae and D. farinae responded to food volatiles. Y-tube olfactometers may be used to test for potential semiochemicals, thereby increasing knowledge of our behavior of astigmatic mites" |
| Keywords: | "Acaridae/*physiology Animal Feed Animals Behavior, Animal/*physiology Biological Assay Dermatophagoides farinae/*physiology Humidity *Odorants Smell/*physiology Time Factors Zoology/instrumentation/methods;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineSkelton, A C Birkett, M A Pickett, J A Cameron, M M eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2007/04/13 J Med Entomol. 2007 Mar; 44(2):367-71. doi: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[367:oromae]2.0.co; 2" |
