Revision of the Ketaketa subcomplex of blackflies of the Simulium damnosum complex

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-92

  Krueger, A ^a   Mustapha, M ^b   Kalinga, A K ^c   Tambala, P A J ^d   Post, R J ^b   Maegga, B T A ^c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Ketaketa subcomplex; Malawi; Nile 'group'; Onchocerciasis; Sanje subcomplex; sibling species; Simuliidae; Simulium damnosum; Simulium kilibanum; Simulium kipengere; Simulium latipollex; Simulium plumbeum; Simulium thyolense; South Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

FLY; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FLY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CLASSIFICATION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM; SIMULIUM KILIBANUM; SIMULIUM LATIPOLLEX; SIMULIUM THYOLENSE;

EID: 33645214946     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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