The vertical distribution of Culicoides impunctatus larvae

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-48

  Blackwell, A ^a   King, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides impunctatus; larval behaviour

Indexed keywords

CULICOIDES IMPUNCTATUS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIPTERA;

BITING MIDGE; MIDGE; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

UK, SCOTLAND, HIGHLANDS;

EID: 0030613115     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00288.x     Document Type: Article

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