A rapid identification guide for larvae of the most common North American container-inhabiting aedes species of medical importance

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-221

  Farajollahi, Ary ^a,b   Price, Dana C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mercer County Mosquito Control   (United States)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Aedes japonicus; container mosquitoes; identification key

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; HISTOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; NORTH AMERICA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; INSECT VECTORS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84885986879     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/11-6198R.1     Document Type: Article

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