Larval habitat characteristics of mosquitoes of the genus culiseta felt, 1904 (diptera: Culicidae) in the caspian sea littoral, iran

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-66

  Azari Hamidian, Shahyad ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Culiseta annulata; Culiseta longiareolata; Culiseta morsitans; Ecology; Iran; Larva; Middle East

Indexed keywords

HABITAT; MOSQUITO; VEGETATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GILAN; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

CULICIDAE; CULISETA; CULISETA ANNULATA; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; CULISETA MORSITANS; DIPTERA;

EID: 29744461725     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2005.10638128     Document Type: Article

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