Cuticular Hydrocarbon Composition Analysis for Taxonomic Differentiation of Phlebotomine Sandfly Species (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Kenya

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 778-781

  Mahamat, Hassane ^a   Hassanali, Ahmed ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cuticular hydrocarbon patterns; Kenya; Morphometrics; Phlebotomus; Sandflies; Sergentomiya

Indexed keywords

ANTENNATUS; DIPTERA; LARROUSSIUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ACULEATUS; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PHLEBOTOMUS PEDIFER; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA; SYNPHLEBOTOMUS;

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; KENYA; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; HYDROCARBONS; KENYA; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0032159799     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.5.778     Document Type: Article

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