| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Authors: | G. Gibson, Torr S. J. |
| Journal: | Medical and Veterinary Entomology |
| Volume: | 13 |
| Pagination: | 3-23 |
| Date Published: | 1999 |
| Keywords: | Africa, Attractants, Baits, Behaviour, Biting flies, Canada, Glossina, Midges, Mosquitoes, Odours, Review, Simulium, Stomoxys, Tabanidae, Tabanus, Trapping, USA |
| Abstract: | Key biotic and environmental constraints on the host-orientated behaviour of haematophagous Diptera are summarized. For each major group of biting Diptera (Glossinidae, Muscidae, Tabanidae, Culicidae, Ceratopogonidae, Phlebotominae and Simuliidae) responses to host stimuli are reviewed, including activation and ranging behaviour, long-range and short-range olfactory responses and visual responses. Limitations to the comparison of results between groups of species, and the practical problems of experimental method and equipment are discussed. |
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