A comparison of chorionic sculpturing of four indian phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) by scanning electron microscopy

Parasite

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-67

  Ghosh, K N ^a,b   Mukhopadhyay, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorionic sculpturing; Eggs; P. m. major; P. papatasi; Phlebotomus argentipes; Sandflies; SEM; Sergentomyia zeylanica

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA;

EID: 0042494374     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1996031061     Document Type: Article

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