Morphology of larval antennae and mouthparts of four Indian sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) by scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 575-580

  Mukhopadhyay, Jaba ^a,b   Ghosh, Kashinath ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna; Indian sand flies; Larvae; Mouthparts; Phlebotomus; Sergentomyia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH; PSYCHODIDAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOUTH; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0034220408     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.4.575     Document Type: Article

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