Checklist and pictorial key to fourth-instar larvae of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Saudi Arabia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 717-737

  Al Ahmad, Azzam M ^a   Sallam, Mohamed F ^a   Khuriji, Mohamed A ^a   Kheir, Salah M ^a   Azari Hamidian, Shahyad ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

checklist; Culicidae; illustrated larval key; Saudi Arabia; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MOSQUITO; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CULICIDAE; LARVA; SAUDI ARABIA;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; CULICIDAE; CULISETA; DIPTERA; LUTZIA; OCHLEROTATUS DETRITUS;

EID: 79960538050     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10146     Document Type: Article

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