Geometric morphometrics of the wing in the subgenus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): from practical implications to evolutionary interpretations

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Munoz Munoz F ^a,b   Talavera, S ^a   Pages N ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Culicoides; cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene; geometric morphometrics; wing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CERATOPOGONIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

AVARITIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CULICOIDES LATREILLE; DIPTERA;

EID: 79952723554     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10110     Document Type: Article

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