Differentiation of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) with egg surface morphology and morphometrics using scanning electron microscopy

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 479-483

  Suman, Devi Shankar ^a   Shrivastava, Anchal R ^a   Pant, S C ^a   Parashar, Brahma Dutta ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Egg biology; Egg surface morphology; Morphometrics; SEM

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHORION; DESICCATION; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 80052902239     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: 18735495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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