Gonotrophic Cycle and Survivorship of Anopheles vestitipennis (Diptera: Culicidae) in Two Different Ecological Areas of Southern Mexico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 937-942

  Arredondo Jiménez, Juan I ^a   Rodríguez, Mario H ^a,b   Washino, Robert K ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles vestitipennis; Gonotrophic concordance; Gonotrophic cycle; Mexico; Pregravid rate; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES VESTITIPENNIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEXICO; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0032198923     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.6.937     Document Type: Article

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