Keys to the adult females and fourth-instar larvae of the mosquitoes of iran (diptera: Culicidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2078, 2009, Pages 1-33

  Azari Hamidian, Shahyad ^a   Harbach, Ralf E ^b  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anophelinae; Culicinae; Identification keys; Middle East; Palaearctic Region; Southwestern Asia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELINAE; CULICIDAE; CULICINAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 65949123366     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2078.1.1     Document Type: Article

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