Physical Factors and Chemical Cues in the Oviposition Behavior of Arboviral Vectors Culex annulirostris and Culex molestus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 318-326

  Dhileepan, K ^a,b  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Queensland Government Tropical Weeds Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Culex annulirostris; Culex molestus; Mosquitoes; Oviposition behavior; Pseudomonas vesicularis

Indexed keywords

AEDES CAMPTORHYNCHUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS VESICULARIS; CAMPTORHYNCHUS; CULEX ANNULIROSTRIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSOROPHORA CILIATA;

EID: 0001038123     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.2.318     Document Type: Article

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