Ultrastructure of eggs of Anopheles rondoni, Anopheles lutzii, and Anopheles parvus, three species of the subgenus Nyssorhynchus

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 256-265

  Forattini, Oswaldo Paulo ^a   Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb ^a   Bergo, Eduardo Sterlino ^b   Flôres, Daniel Corugedo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE CONTROLE DE ENDEMIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Anopheles lutzii; Anopheles rondoni; Egg ultrastructure; Malaria vectors; Mosquito taxonomy; Nyssorhynchus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; OOCYTE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BRAZIL; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM;

EID: 0032164582     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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