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[Flight initiation in Triatoma infestans and T. melanosoma (Hemiptera, Reduviidae)]. 2001

C Galvão, and D S Rocha, and J Jurberg, and R Carcavallo

Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045-900, Brasil. galvao@gene.dbbm.fiocruz.br

The flight initiation of T. infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease in the Southern Cone countries of Latin America, and of the closely-related species T. melanosoma was studied in laboratory. The results demonstrated that after the beginning of observations the peak of the flight activity was about 14 days after feeding in both species and it was usually more marked in the females than in the males, but there were no significant differences in the flight behaviour of the two species.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D005260	Female		Females
D005426	Flight, Animal	The use of wings or wing-like appendages to remain aloft and move through the air.	Animal Flight,Animal Flights,Flights, Animal
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001522	Behavior, Animal	The observable response an animal makes to any situation.	Autotomy Animal,Animal Behavior,Animal Behaviors
D012737	Sex Factors	Maleness or femaleness as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from SEX CHARACTERISTICS, anatomical or physiological manifestations of sex, and from SEX DISTRIBUTION, the number of males and females in given circumstances.	Factor, Sex,Factors, Sex,Sex Factor
D014224	Triatoma	A genus of the subfamily TRIATOMINAE. Several species are vectors of TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI.	Triatomas