New cytotype in the Simulium metallicum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Cundinamarca, Colombia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-140

  Arteaga, Lourdes T ^a   De Hoyos, Paulina Muñoz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Cytotype; Larval polytene chromosomes; Metallicum L; Simulium

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM HORACIOI; SIMULIUM METALLICUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; FLY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME BANDING; COLOMBIA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 0033091475     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.2.133     Document Type: Article

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