Colonization of Culex nigripalpus Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) by stimulation of mating using males of other mosquito species

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-73

  Knight, J W ^a   Nayar, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Culex nigripalpus; Culex restuans; Culex salinarius; Male Aedes taeniorhynchus; Mating stimulation

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033094683     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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