Larval Biometry of Simulium rubrithorax (Diptera: Simuliidae) and Size Comparison between Populations in the States of Minas Gerais and Roraima, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 507-511

  Alvan Aguilar, Miriam Adriana ^a   Hamada, Neusa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Biometry; Black fly; Brazil; Larval instars; Minas gerais; Roraima; Simuliidae

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG; FLY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GILL; GROWTH; HEAD; LARVA; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; SIMULIUM; SIMULIUM RUBRITHORAX; SPECIES; STUDENT T TEST; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; TEMPERATURE;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NEMATOCERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM; SIMULIUM RUBRITHORAX;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BRAZIL; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; SIMULIIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0142152239     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000400015     Document Type: Article

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