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Issue: Vol. 2778 No. 1: 28 Feb. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-02-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2778.1.2
Page range: 58–68
Abstract views: 47
PDF downloaded: 3

Description of the immature stages of Culex (Culex) ameliae Casal and Culex (Culex) articularis Philippi (Diptera: Culicidae)

Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto Miguel Lillo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Miguel Lillo 205, T4001IHB, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Av. Vélez Sársfield 1611, X5016GCA, Córdoba, Argentina
Centro de Investigaciones Entomológicas de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Av. Vélez Sársfield 1611, X5016GCA, Córdoba, Argentina
Centro de Estudios Parasicológicos y de Vectores, CCT La Plata, CONICET. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Calle 2 No. 584, B1902CHX, La Plata, Argentina
Diptera Culex (Culex) ameliae Culex (Culex) articularis description immature stages

Abstract

The pupa and the fourth-instar larva of Culex (Culex) ameliae Casal and Cx. (Cux.) articularis Philippi are described and illustrated for the first time. Information is provided on the distribution, bionomics and taxonomy of the species.

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