Guide to blackflies of the Simulium damnosum complex in eastern and southern Africa

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-75

  Krueger, A ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afrotropical region; Cytotaxonomy; Ethiopia; Malawi; Morphology; Onchocerciasis; Ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer 1; Sibling species; Simulium damnosum; South Africa; Swaziland; Tanzania; Uganda

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FLY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

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

EID: 33645228012     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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