New species of Central American Culicoides latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) with a synopsis of species from Costa Rica

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 361-395

  Spinelli, Gustavo ^a   Borkent, Art ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central America; Ceratopogonidae; Costa Rica; Culicoides; El Salvador; Honduras; South America

Indexed keywords

CERATOPOGONIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 1942476652     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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