Comparative Egg Morphology of Six Species of the Albimanus Section of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-155

  Lounibos, L P ^a   Duzak, D ^a   Linley, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albimanus Section; Anopheles spp.; Eggs; Malaria vectors; Scanning electron microscopy; South America

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES BENARROCHI; ANOPHELES DUNHAMI; ANOPHELES KONDERI; ANOPHELES NUNEZTOVARI; ANOPHELES OSWALDOI; ANOPHELES STRODEI; ANOPHELES TRIANNULATUS; ANOPHELES TRINKAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; GARCIA; NYSSORHYNCHUS; OSWALDOI;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; OOCYTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; OVUM;

EID: 0031088073     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.2.136     Document Type: Article

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