Life tables and reproductive parameters of Lutzomyia spinicrassa (Diptera: Psychodidae) under laboratory conditions
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Life tables and reproductive parameters of Lutzomyia spinicrassa (Diptera: Psychodidae) under laboratory conditions.
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762004000600012