Seasonal and geographical distribution of Culicoides imicola Kieffer (diptera: ceratopogonidae) in Southwestern Spain

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-232

  Ortega, Maria D ^a   Lloyd, John E ^b   Holbrook, Frederick R ^c  

^a JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; SEASON; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 0031219043     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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