title: [Mortality profile of female Rhodnius robustus (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Entomología Herman Lent, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela. luchav@ula.ve
authors.forename: Luis Fernando
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Chaves
authors.forename: Ezequiel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zamora
authors.forename: Elis
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aldana
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000254:growth & development*; D009026:Mortality; D012239:Rhodnius / Q000254:growth & development*; D016019:Survival Analysis