Field Morphological Variation and Laboratory Hybridization of Culicoides variipennis sonorensis and C. v. occidentalis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Southern California

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-284

  Velten, Robert K ^a   Mullens, Bradley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue tongue; Character variation; Culicoides variipennis occidentalis; Culicoides variipennis sonorensis; Diptera; Hybridization

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES SONORENSIS; CULICOIDES VARIIPENNIS; DIPTERA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; SEASON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; POPULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 0031134150     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.3.277     Document Type: Article

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