"Jejenes" (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Nahuel Huapi National Park, Patagonia, Argentina: Preliminary results "Jejenes" (Diptera: Simuliidae) del Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi, Patagonia, Argentina: Resultados preliminares

The Simuliidae is a family of Diptera with approximately 2072 described species worldwide. The females of the majority of the species feed from vertebrates' blood, which makes them a significant plague that affects both men as well as cattle, birds, and other vertebrates. The objective of this...

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Main Authors: Luis M. Hernández, Fernanda Montes de Oca, Malcolm Penn, Julieta Massaferro, Analía Garré, Stephen J. Brooks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 2009-06-01
Series:Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0373-56802009000100014