Mosquitoes breeding in container habitats in urban and peri-urban areas in the Auckland Region, New Zealand

Entomotropica

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-93

  Derraik, José G B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthropic habitats; Bromeliads; Larvae; Ochlerotatus notoscriptus

Indexed keywords

OCHLEROTATUS NOTOSCRIPTUS;

EID: 38349160393     PISSN: 13175262     EISSN: 13175262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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