The genital atrium as a good taxonomic character to distinguish between species of phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Venezuela

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-399

  Valenta, D T ^a,c   Anez N ^a   Tang, Y ^a   Killick Kendrick, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Cherry Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DISSECTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0032784692     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813435     Document Type: Article

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