Scanning electron microscopic studies on egg surface morphology and morphometrics of Culex tritaeniorhynchus and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-176

  Suman, D S ^a   Shrivastava, A R ^a   Parashar, B D ^a   Pant, S C ^a   Agrawal, O P ^b   Prakash, Shri ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

^b JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCUS; DENSITY; EGG SIZE; FLY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; CULEX; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 55949133115     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1162-6     Document Type: Article

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