Shared salinity tolerance invalidates a test for the malaria vector Anopheles farauti s.s. on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 102-104

  Foley, D H ^a   Bryan, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anopheles farauti; Guadalcanal; Phylogeny; Salinity; Solomon Islands; Vector

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; MELANESIA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; INSECT VECTORS; MELANESIA; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES FARAUTI; ANOPHELES MOSQUITO; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0034109317     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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