Central projections of the maxillary and antennal nerves in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1873-1879

  Distler, Paul G ^a   Boeckh, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Carbon dioxide; Insect; Mosquito; Olfactory system; Palpal projections

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030872818     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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