A morphological study of the Anopheles punctulatus group (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Solomon Islands, with a description of Anopheles (Cellia) irenicus Schmidt, sp.n

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 515-526

  Schmidt, E R ^a   Foley, D H ^a   Bugoro, H ^b   Bryan, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Solomon Isl Med Train Res Inst   (Solomon Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LARVA; MALE; MELANESIA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALE; MELANESIA; PHYLOGENY; PUPA;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES FARAUTI; ANOPHELES PUNCTULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346966832     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003267     Document Type: Article

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