The use of morphometric wing characters to discriminate female Culex pipiens and Culex torrentium

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 204-212

  Börstler, Jessica ^a   Lühken, Renke ^b   Rudolf, Martin ^a   Steinke, Sonja ^b   Melaun, Christian ^c   Becker, Stefanie ^a   Garms, Rolf ^a   Krüger, Andreas ^d  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^d Military Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Culex torrentium; Culicidae; Molecular typing; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CULEX; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

EID: 84900000834     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2014.12088.x     Document Type: Article

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