Orientation of Belminus triatomines to cockroaches and cockroaches' fecal volatiles: an ethological approach

Otalora-Luna, F; Paez-Rondon, O; Aldana, E; Ramirez, CMS

Otalora-Luna, F (corresponding author), Univ Richmond, Dept Biol, Sch Art & Sci, Richmond, VA 23173 USA.; Otalora-Luna, F (corresponding author), Univ Andes, Lab Entomol Herman Lent, Dept Biol, Fac Ciencias, Merida, Venezuela.

ACTA ETHOLOGICA, 2021; 24 (1): 53

Abstract

Most triatomine bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) are hematophagous, though Belminus species can live off of cockroach hemolymph to complete t......

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