Descriptions of immature stages of six Culicoides Latreille spp. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from desert mountain ranges in southern California, with notes on life histories and rearing technique

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 839-867

  Breidenbaugh, Mark S ^a   Mullens, Bradley A ^b  

^a Youngstown Air Reserve Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides; Immatures; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES BROOKMANI; CULICOIDES CACTICOLA; CULICOIDES FREEBORNI; CULICOIDES LAHONTAN; CULICOIDES LATREILLE; CULICOIDES UTAHENSIS; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032717467     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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