Two new western nearctic Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) described from all stages

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-163

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Culicoides; Immatures; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES KETTLEI; CULICOIDES LATREILLE; CULICOIDES VETUSTUS; DIPTERA; INSECTA; NEARCTIC;

EID: 0032931162     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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