Mating Behavior of Culicoides nubeculosus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 856-858

  Mair, Jacqueline ^a   Blackwell, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biting midge; Culicoides nubeculosus; Mating behavior

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030237726     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.5.856     Document Type: Article

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