Posterior Spiracles of Fourth Instar Larvae of Four Species of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) under Scanning Electron Microscopy

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 689-691

  Pessoa, Felipe Arley Costa ^a   Guerra De Queiroz, Raul ^a   Ward, Richard Douglas ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cear ; Phlebotomine sand fly larvae; Scanning electron microscopy; Spiracle

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; LARVA; PSYCHODIDAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0034266143     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000500013     Document Type: Article

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