New classification for the composite genus Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini), elevation of subgenus Ochlerotatus to generic rank, reclassification of the other subgenera, and notes on certain subgenera and species

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 175-188

  Reinert, John F ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes; Aedini; Armigerini; Ochlerotatus; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; LARVA; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034264045     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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