Wing size and shape variation of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) populations from the south and north slopes of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-147

  Prudhomme, Jorian ^a   Gunay, Filiz ^b   Rahola, Nil ^a   Ouanaimi, Fouad ^c   Guernaoui, Souad ^c   Boumezzough, Ali ^c   Bañuls, Anne Laure ^a   Sereno, Denis ^a   Alten, Bulent ^a,b  

^a University de Montpellier   (France)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Geometric morphometrics; Morocco; Phlebotomus papatasi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FORELIMB; MOROCCO; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; MOROCCO; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHODIDAE; WING;

DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84860485915     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2012.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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