Description and bionomics of Anopheles (Cellia) ovengensis (Diptera: Culicidae), a new malaria vector species of the Anopheles nili group from south Cameroon

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 561-568

  Awono Ambene, H P ^a,b,c   Kengne, P ^a,d   Simard, F ^a,c   Antonio Nkondjio, C ^a,c   Fontenille, D ^a,d  

^a Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^b MINREST   (Cameroon)

^c Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Anopheles nili group; Anopheles ovengensis; Bionomics; Cameroon; Culicidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES CARNEVALEI; ANOPHELES NILI; ANOPHELES OVENGENSIS; ANOPHELES SOMALICUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042566997     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.4.561     Document Type: Article

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