Polytene chromosomes of Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) daltanhani (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1676, 2008, Pages 57-62

  Hamada, Neusa ^a   Da Silva Pereira, Eleny ^a   Adler, Peter H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Black flies; Cytotaxonomy; Polytene chromosomes; Simuliidae

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 38749144799     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1676.1.6     Document Type: Article

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