Chemical investigation of aggregation behavior of triatoma bugs (hemiptera: reduviidae)
Nymphs ofTriatoma infestans andTriatoma mazzottii are weakly attracted to their feces and to extracts of feces in polar solvents, but not to nonpolar solvent extracts. The major volatile compounds identified in feces by solvent extraction and thermal desorption wereo-aminoacetophenone, 4-methylquinazoline, and 2,4-dimethylquinazoline, but these showed no attractant activity at a range of concentrations. Choice tests with a moving current of air gave no positive reaction to feces, extracts, or pure compounds.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | Triatoma, Feromonas de insectos, Ecología química, O-aminoacetophene, Quinazolines, Enfermedad de chagas, |
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