Diversity of Biting Midges of the Genus Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Area of the Yacyretá Dam Lake between Argentina and Paraguay

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-24

  Ronderos, María M ^a   Greco, Nancy M ^b   Spinelli, Gustavo R ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Culicoides; Diversity; Paraguay; Yacyret Dam Lake

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAGUAY; PARASITE VECTOR; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAXONOMY; VIRUS VECTOR; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BLUETONGUE VIRUS; BOVIDAE; CANDELARIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES DEBILIPALPIS; CULICOIDES INSIGNIS; CULICOIDES PARAENSIS; CULICOIDES PUSILLUS; DIPTERA; OROPOUCHE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; INSECT VECTORS; PARAGUAY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037945393     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000100003     Document Type: Article

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