Two New Culicoides of the paraensis Species Group (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae) from the Amazonian Region of Peru

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1051-1058

  Felippe Bauer, Maria Luiza ^a   Cáceres, Abraham G ^b   Silva, Cristiane S ^a   Valderrama Bazan, William ^c   Gonzales Perez, Antero ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE SANIDAD AGRARIA   (Peru)

^d Centro de Salud Bagua Grande   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazonian region; Culicoides diversus sp.n.; Culicoides paraensis group; Culicoides peruvianus sp.n.; Neotropical bloodsucking midges; Peru

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PERU; SUBSPECIES;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULICOIDES PARAENSIS; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 1342290366     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000800014     Document Type: Article

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