Verification of the synonymy of Simulium damnosum cytoform 'Nyamagasani' with Simulium kilibanum Gouteux (Diptera: Simuliidae) together with descriptive data on related forms

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 533-541

  Kruger A ^a   Garms, R ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM KILIBANUM;

EID: 0342803194     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007485399000681     Document Type: Article

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