Morphotaxonomic studies to identify the members of the Anopheles subpictus Grassi (Diptera: Culicidae) species complex in riverine villages of District Sonepat, Haryana state, India

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-40

  Singh, S P ^a   Raghavendra, K ^a   Kumar, Ram ^b   Nanda, Nutan ^c   Subbarao, Sarala K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anopheles subpictus; Identification; Morphological characters; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INDIA; INSECT; LARVA; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RIVER; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BREEDING; FEMALE; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; OVUM; PREVALENCE; PUPA; RIVERS; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27944457495     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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