Comparison of three methods for age-grading of female Neotropical phlebotomine sandflies

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 3-7

  Añez, Nestor ^a,b   Tang, Yinshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

accessory glands; age grading; genital atrium; Lutzomyia spp. female sandflies; Neotropical sandflies; nulliparous; ovary; parous rate; Psychodidae; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030950902     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00283.x     Document Type: Article

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