The status of Linshcosteus in the Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 862-867

  Schaefer, Carl W ^a   Coscaron M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bloodfeeding; Chagas' disease; Linshcosteus; Reduviidae; Similarity; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; LINSHCOSTEUS; PROTOZOA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMAL; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0035513509     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.6.862     Document Type: Article

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