Reevaluation of the taxonomic status of the Culicoides spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Israel and the eastern mediterranean and review of their potential medical and veterinary importance

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 12, Issue 3 PART 1, 1996, Pages 437-445

  Braverman, Yehuda ^a   Messaddeq, Nadia ^b   Lemble, Chantal ^b   Kremer, Michel ^b  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0030236989     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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