Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) fauna of the Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 913-925

  Azari Hamidian, S ^a   Linton, Y M ^b   Abai, M R ^c   Ladonni, H ^c   Oshaghi, M A ^c   Hanafi Bojd, A A ^c   Moosa Kazemi, S H ^c   Shabkhiz, H ^c   Pakari, A ^c   Harbach, R E ^b  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Culicidae; Cytochrome c oxidase I barcodes; Iran; Persian Gulf; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; GENETIC ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOSQUITO; NEW RECORD; TAXONOMY;

ARABIAN SEA; HORMOZ ISLAND; HORMOZGAN; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; LARAK ISLAND; PERSIAN GULF; QESHM;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; CULEX BITAENIORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; DIPTERA; MUSA; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS;

EID: 77951060473     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930903437358     Document Type: Article

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