Flight tone of field-collected populations of Anopheles gambiae and An. arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-294

  Wekesa, J W ^a   Brogdon, W G ^b   Hawley, W A ^a   Besansky, N J ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

A. gambiae; Acoustic communication; Anopheles arabiensis; Cryptic species; Flight tone; Reproductive isolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031696929     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.233087.x     Document Type: Article

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