[Mortality profile of female Rhodnius robustus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)].
Mortality profile of 48 adult females of Rhodnius robustus shows that data analyzed by weeks and days have a statistical significantly fit (p<0.0001), that allows to affirm that mortality of this species is Gompertzian.
Chaves
Luis Fernando
LF
Laboratorio de Entomología Herman Lent, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. luchav@ula.ve
Zamora
Ezequiel
E
Aldana
Elis
E
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000254:growth & development*; D009026:Mortality; D012239:Rhodnius / Q000254:growth & development*; D016019:Survival Analysis