Effect of the life-span of female Glossina palpalis gambiensis on the weight and size of its progeny

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-101

  De Deken, R ^a   Van Den Bossche, P ^b   Sangare, M ^a   Gnanvi, C ^a   Missanda, J H ^a   Van Hees, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Reg Tsetse Trypanosomosis Contr P   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Glossina; life span; pupa; size; tsetse fly; weight; Zambia

Indexed keywords

GLOSSINA PALPALIS; DIPTERA; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA PALPALIS GAMBIENSIS; GLOSSINIDAE;

BODY SIZE; MATERNAL EFFECT; TSETSE FLY;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 0031450429     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1997.tb00295.x     Document Type: Article

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