Sympatry in the Culicoides variipennis complex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): A taxonomic reassessment

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-76

  Holbrook, Frederick R ^a   Tabachnick, Walter J ^a,b   Schmidtmann, Edward T ^a   Mckinnon, Charles N ^a   Bobian, Ronald J ^a   Grogan, William L ^a,c,d  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biting midges; Bluetongue; Culicoides variipennis complex; Systematic; Vectors

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; ISOENZYMES; LARVA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY; PUPA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0040623553     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.1.65     Document Type: Article

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