Correlation of male genital filaments and female spermathecal ducts in New World sand flies of the Lutzomyia intermedia species complex (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)

The lengths of the male genital filaments and female spermathecal ducts were measured in phlebotomine sand flies of the Lutzomyia intermedia species complex and the ratios between these characters calculated. Ratios for L. intermedia s. s. from Northeast vs Southeast Brazil (Espírito Santo and Minas...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Marcondes Carlos Brisola, Alexander Bruce
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2003-01-01
Subjects:	Lutzomyia intermedia Phlebotominae Lutzomyia neivai morphometry reproduction
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762003000500005