Anopheles (Cellia) rampae n. sp., alias chromosomal form K of the Oriental Maculatus Group (Diptera: Culicidae) in Southeast Asia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2810, 2011, Pages 47-55

  Somboon, Pradya ^a   Thongwat, Damrongpan ^b   Harbach, Ralph E ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles maculatus; Anopheles rampae; Mosquitoes; Neocellia series; New species

Indexed keywords

ALIAS; ANOPHELES MACULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; NEOCELLIA;

EID: 79953719666     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2810.1.5     Document Type: Article

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