Phenotypic variability of rhodnius ecuadoriensis populations at the ecuadorian central and southern Andean region

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1034-1043

  Villacís, Anita G ^a   Grijalva, Mario J ^a   Catalá, Silvia S ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

antennal phenotypes; Chagas disease; Ecuador; Rhodnius ecuadoriensis; wing morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RHODNIUS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RHODNIUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WING;

RHODNIUS ECUADORIENSIS;

EID: 78649349966     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10053     Document Type: Article

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