Mosquitoes (diptera: Culicidae) of north khorasan province, northeastern iran and the zoogeographic affinities of the iranian and middle asian mosquito fauna

Journal of Entomology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 204-217

  Azari Hamidian, S ^a   Abai, M R ^b   Arzamani, K ^c   Bakhshi, H ^b   Karami, H ^b   Ladonni, H ^b   Harbach, R E ^d  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NORTH KHORASAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Arboviruses; Dirofilariasis; ITS2 rDNA; Malaria; Setariasis

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES CLAVIGER; ARBOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COQUILLETTIDIA; CULEX HORTENSIS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS CASPIUS;

EID: 77958139270     PISSN: 18125670     EISSN: 18125689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/je.2011.204.217     Document Type: Article

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