The value of the larval head pattern for differentiating Simulium exiguum s.1. and S. gonzalezi (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the onchocerciasis focus of ecuador

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-24

  Charalambous, M ^a   Lowry, C A ^a   Lowell, S ^a   Shelley, A J ^a   Arzube, M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b Instituto Nacional de Higiene y Medicina Tropical   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM EXIGUUM; SIMULIUM GONZALEZI;

EID: 0030763727     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485300036312     Document Type: Article

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