Morphological confirmation of the separate species status of Culicoides (Avaritia) nudipalpis Delfinado, 1961 and C. (A.) imicola Kieffer, 1913 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-16

  Meiswinkel, R ^a   Baylis, M ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African horse sickness; Avaritia; Bluetongue; Culicoides imicola; Culicoides nudipalpis; Diptera: Ceratopogonidae; Viruses

Indexed keywords

AVARITIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES IMICOLA; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; ORBIVIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; SENSE ORGAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HEAD; MALE; SENSE ORGANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

EID: 0032019595     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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