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References for housefly and mosquito traps

Bellamy, R. E. & Reeves, W. C. (1952) A portable mosquito bait trap. Mosquito News, 12, 256-258.

Bos, H. J. & Laarman, J. J. (1975) Guinea pig, lysine, cadaverine and estradiol as attractants for the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 18, 161-172.

Brown, A. W. A. (1951) Studies of the responses of the female Aedes mosquito. Part 1V. Field experiments on Canadian species. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 42, 575-582.

Browne, S. M. & Bennett, G. T. (1981) Responses of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) to visual stimuli. Journal of Medical Entomology, 18, 505-521.

Challier, A. & Laveissière, C. (1974) Un nouveau piège pour la capture des glossines (Glossina: Diptera, Muscidae): description et essais sur le terrain. Cahiers ORSTOM (Entomologie mèdicale et Parasitologie) 11 (1973), 251-262.

Cohen, D., Green, M., Block, C., Slepon, R., Ambar, R., Wasserman, S. S. & Levine, M. M. (1991) Reduction of transmission of shigellosis by control of houseflies (Musca domestica). The Lancet, 337, 993-997.

Coluzzi, M., Sabatini, A. & Petrarca, V. (1975) Chromosomal investigations on the species A and B of the Anopheles gambiae complex in the Garki Project (Kano State, Nigeria): results of species identification from 1971-1774. Unpublished document MPD/TN/75.1, World Health Organization, Geneva.

Costantini, C., Gibson, G., Sagon, N’ F., della Torre, A., Brady, J. & Coluzzi, M. (1996) Mosquito responses to carbon dioxide in a West African Sudan savanna village. Medical & Veterinary Entomology, 10, 220-227.

Davies, E.E. & Sokolove, P.G. (1976) Lactic acid sensitive receptors on the antennae of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Journal of Comparative Physiology, 105, 43-54.

Gillies, M. T. (1980) The role of carbon dioxide in host-finding by mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae): a review. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 70, 525-532.

Gillies, M. T. & Coetzee, M. (1987) A Supplement to the Anophelinae of Africa South of the Sahara (Afrotropical Region). Publications of the South African Institue for Medical Research, No. 55, 143pp.

Green, C. H. (1988) The effect of colour on trap-and screen-orientated responses in Glossina palpalis palpalis (Robineau-Desvoidy) (Diptera: Glossinidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 78, 591-604.

Hocking, B. (1964) Aspects of insect vision. Canadian Entomology, 96, 320-334.

Keilding, J. (1976) The housefly, biology and control. WHO/VBC/76.650 World Health Organization, Geneva.

Kennedy, J. S. (1940) The visual responses of flying mosquitoes. Proceedings Zoological Society London (A), 109, 221-242.

Khan, A. A. & Maibach, H. I. (1966) Quantitation of effect of several stimuli on landing and probing by Aedes aegypti. Journal of Economic Entomology, 64, 442-443.

Kline, D. L., Takken, W., Wood, J.F. & Carlson, D. A. (1990) Field studies on the potential of butanone, carbon dioxide, honey extract, 1-octen-3-ol, L-lactic acid and phenols as attractants for mosquitoes. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 4, 383-391.

Klowden, M.J., Davis, E.E. & Bowden, M.F. (1987) Role of the fat body in the regulation of host seeking behaviour in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Journal of Insect Physiology, 33, 643-646.

Knols, B. G .J. (1966) Odour-mediated host-seeking behaviour of the Afro-tropical malaria vector Anopheles gambiae Giles. Doctoral thesis, University of Wageningen.

Knols, B. G .J., De Jong, R. & Takken, W. (1994a) Trapping system for testing olfactory responses of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae in a wind tunnel. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 8, 386-388.

Laarman, J. J. (1955) The host seeking behaviour of the malaria mosquito Anopheles maculipennis atroparvus. Acta Leidensia, 25, 1-144.

Laveissière, C. & Couret, D. (1982) Essai de lutte contre les glossines riveraines à l’aide d’écrans imprégnés d’insecticide. Cahiers ORSTOM (Entomologie mèdicale et Parasitologie), 19 (1981), 271-283.

Mathur, K. K., Wattal, B. L. & Joshi, G. C. (1980) Field evaluation of (Z)-9-Tricosene, a sex attractant pheromone in bait combination for the control of houseflies in Gazipur Dairy area, Delhi (India), Journal of Communicable Diseases, 12 (3), 109-117.

Omer, S. M. (1979) Responses of females of Anopheles arabiensis and Culex pipiens fatigans to air currents, carbon dioxide and human hands in a flight-tunnel. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 26, 142-151.

Prokopy, R. J. (1986) Visual and olfactory stimulus interaction in resource finding by insects, pp 81-89. In: Payne, T. L., Birch, M. C. & Kennedy, C. E. J. (eds). Mechanisms in insect olfaction. Claredon Press, Oxford.

Reichardt, W. & Poggio, T. (1979) Figure-ground discrimination by relative movement in the visual system of the fly. Biology of cybernetics, 35, 81-100.

Service, M. W. (1993) Mosquito ecology field sampling methods. 2nd edition. Elsevier Applied Science. London.

Takken, W. & Kline, D. L. (1987) Carbon dioxide and 1-octen-3-ol as mosquito attractants. Journal of American Mosquito Control Association, 5, 311-316.

Van Thiel, P. H. (1947) Attraction excercée sur Anopheles maculipennis atroparvus par l’acide carbonique dans un olfactomètre. Acta Tropica, 4, 10-20.

Vale, G.A. & Hall, D.R. (1985b) The use of 1-octen-3-ol, acetone and carbon dioxide to improve baits for tsetse flies, Glossina spp. (Diptera: Glossinidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research. 75, 219-231.

World Health Organization (1991) The Housefly. Training and Information Guide. WHO/VBC/90.987. World Health Organization, Geneva.
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