The mosquitoes (Diptera: Culidae) of Seychelles: Taxonomy, ecology, vectorial importance, and identification keys

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Le Goff, Gilbert ^a   Boussès, Philippe ^a   Julienne, Simon ^b   Brengues, Cécile ^a   Rahola, Nil ^a   Rocamora, Gérard ^c   Robert, Vincent ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

^c Island Conservation Society   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Alphataxonomy; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Culicinae; Identification key; Island; Mosquito; The Seychelles

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES FRYERI; AEDES SEYCHELLENSIS; AEDES VIGILAX; ARTICLE; CULEX; CULEX ANTENNATUS; CULEX SCOTTII; CULEX SIMPSONI; CULEX STELLATUS; CULEX SUNYANIENSIS; DIPTERA; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); IDENTIFICATION KEY; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PUBLICATION; SEASON; SEYCHELLES; TAXONOMY; URANOTAENIA BROWNI; URANOTAENIA NEPENTHES; URANOTAENIA PANDANI;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; SEYCHELLES;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AEDIMORPHUS; ANOPHELINAE; CULEX ANTENNATUS; CULICINAE; DIPTERA; FILARIA; NEPENTHES;

EID: 84866512758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-207     Document Type: Article

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