Predatory efficiency of the sewage drain inhabiting larvae of Toxorhynchites splendens wiedemann on Culex quinquefasciatus say and Armigeres subalbatus (Coquillett) larvae

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 799-807

  Aditya, Gautam ^a,b,c   Bhattacharyya, Sankar ^b,d   Kundu, Niloy ^a,b   Kar, Pradip Kumar ^b,c   Saha, Goutam Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b DARJEELING GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

^d BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 35349014565     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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