Study of the insects associated with the floodwater mosquito Ochlerotatus albifasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and their possible predators in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 524, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-102

  Campos, Raúl E ^a   Fernández, Liliana A ^a   Sy, Victoria E ^a  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Culicidae; floodwater mosquito; insect community; Ochlerotatus albifasciatus; predator; puddles

Indexed keywords

HETEROPTERA; PREDATORS;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; FLOODS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER;

HYDROLOGY;

FLOOD; INSECT; MOSQUITO; PREDATOR;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; COLEOPTERA; CULICIDAE; DESMOPACHRIA; DIPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYDROPHILIDAE; INSECTA; LANCETES; LIODESSUS; OCHLEROTATUS STICTICUS; ODONATA; PSOROPHORA; PSOROPHORA CILIATA; RHANTUS; TROPISTERNUS; TROPISTERNUS LATERALIS;

EID: 3943113047     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000036122.10578.d0     Document Type: Article

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