Restoration of Ayurakitia to generic rank in tribe Aedini and a revised definition of the genus

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 57-65

  Reinert, John F ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedini; Ayurakitia; Culicidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; MOSQUITO; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE;

EID: 0034201216     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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