Variation in cold hardiness of nondiapausing eggs of nine Aedes (Stegomyia) species (Diptera: Culicidae) from eastern Asia and Pacific islands ranging from the tropics to the cool-temperate zone

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-222

  Mogi, Motoyoshi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aedes; cold hardiness; Culicidae; nondiapausing egg; Stegomyia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; COLD; DEMOGRAPHY; OOCYTE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AEDES; ANIMALS; ASIA; CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; OVUM; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDES FLAVOPICTUS; AEDES RIVERSI; AEDES SCUTELLARIS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; STEGOMYIA;

EID: 79952716532     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10196     Document Type: Article

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