Two new species of Culex subgenus Melanoconion (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Amazon forest

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1920, 2008, Pages 41-50

  Hutchings, Rosa S Á Gomes ^a   Sallum, Maria Anice Mureb ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon basin; Culex (melanoconion); Culicidae; New species

Indexed keywords

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MELANOCONION;

EID: 55849102858     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1920.1.3     Document Type: Article

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