Discovery of a bromeliad-inhabiting Culex (Micraedes) sp. in South Florida

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-210

  O'Meara, George F ^a   Evans Jr , Leonard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; LARVA; MICROSCOPY; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0031156615     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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