A description and morphometric comparison of eggs from eight geographic populations of the South American malaria vector Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) Nuneztovari (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 2 PART 1, 1996, Pages 275-292

  Linley, J R ^a   Lounibos, L P ^a   Conn, J ^b   Duzak, D ^a   Nishimura, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALARIA; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURINAME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BRAZIL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; OVUM; SURINAME; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0030156706     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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