Scanning electron microscopy of damage caused by mesocyclops thermocyclopoides (copepoda: Cyclopoidea) on larvae of the dengue fever vector aedes aegypti (diptera: Culicidae)

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 843-846

  Schaper, Stefan ^a   Hernández Chavarría, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Larval damage; Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides; Predation

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; COPEPODA; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MESOCYCLOPS THERMOCYCLOPOIDES;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COPEPOD; DISEASE CARRIER; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COPEPODA; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 52149083303     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: 22152075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v54i3.12802     Document Type: Article

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