Chemical investigation of aggregation behavior ofTriatoma bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
- 1 December 1995
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Chemical Ecology
- Vol. 21 (12) , 2069-2078
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02033863
Abstract
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.Keywords
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