The blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Bioko (Republic of Equatorial Guinea) and the Gulf of Guinea with a description of the larvae of the 'Pomeroy' form of Simulium cervicornutum

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 611-620

  Mustapha, M ^a,b   Mccall, P J ^c   Cheke, R A ^d   Post, R J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENDEMISM; FLY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOKO; CAMEROON; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; GULF OF GUINEA; MOUNT CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

DIPTERA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 33749534734     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00330.x     Document Type: Review

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