A faunistic study of sand flies of Musian District, Southwestern of Iran

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 549-554

  Kavarizadeh, Farzaneh ^a   Vazirianzadeh, Babak ^a   Rassi, Yavar ^b   Glusang, Asadollah Jalali ^c   Moravvej, Seyed Abbas ^d  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ILAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Faunistic study; Iran; Musian County; Sand flies; Simpson index

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENTOMOLOGY; FAUNISTICS; FLY; LEISHMANIASIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO;

IRAN;

ANIMALIA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PHLEBOTOMUS MONGOLENSIS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; SERGENTOMYIA; SERGENTOMYIA ANTENNATA; SERGENTOMYIA CLYDEI; SERGENTOMYIA SINTONI;

EID: 84876748758     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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