Morphometric Separation of Females of Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) duboscqi and P. (P.) bergeroti (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-386

  Gebre Michael, Teshome ^a   Medhin, Girmay ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Discriminant function; Morphometrics; Phlebotomus bergeroti; Phlebotomus duboscqi

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031183631     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.4.383     Document Type: Article

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