Morphometric discrimination of females of five species of Anopheles of the subgenus Nyssorhynchus from Southern and Northwest Colombia

The most important vectors of human Plasmodium in the neotropics belong to the subgenus Nyssorhynchus. These species are generally sympatric in terms of their geographical distributions. Some are difficult to identify based solely on examination of adult females using the available morphological key...

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Main Authors: David A Calle L, Martha L Quiñones, Holmes F Erazo, Nicolás Jaramillo O
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2002-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000800021