Natural Incidence of Lagenidium giganteum Couch (Oomycetes: Lagenidiales) Infecting the Biting Midge Culicoides molestus (Skuse) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-134

  Wright, P J ^a   Easton, C S ^a  

^a Tweed Shire Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CULICOIDES MOLESTUS; DIPTERA; FUNGI; LAGENIDIALES; LAGENIDIUM; LAGENIDIUM GIGANTEUM; OOMYCETES;

EID: 1542535085     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1996.tb01376.x     Document Type: Article

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