Seasonal Activity, Size, and Parity of Culicoides occidentalis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in a Coastal Southern California Salt Marsh

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 352-355

  Smith, Heather ^a,b   Mullens, Bradley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Culicoides; Midges; Parity

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES OCCIDENTALIS; DIPTERA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WING;

EID: 0142026237     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.3.352     Document Type: Article

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