Culex pipiens: Species versus species complex - Taxonomic history and perspective

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 28, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2012, Pages 10-23

  Harbach, Ralph E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classification; distribution; evolution; Pipiens Assemblage; Pipiens Complex; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CULEX; GENETIC SPECIATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC;

CULEX PIPIENS;

EID: 84870998482     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/8756-971X-28.4.10     Document Type: Article

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