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Colonisation d'un nouvel habitat par Culex pipiens (Diptera, Culicidae) : le creux d'arbre des subéraies en pays Zaer, Maroc

TitleColonisation d'un nouvel habitat par Culex pipiens (Diptera, Culicidae) : le creux d'arbre des subéraies en pays Zaer, Maroc
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1989
AuthorsMetge, G., & Belakoul N.
JournalAnnales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology
Volume25
Pagination73-80
KeywordsCulex pipiens, Culicidae, Diptera, ecology, habitat, Morocco, taxonomy
Abstract

The dry conditions which occurred in Morocco from 1981 to 1983 have resulted in the selection of a new habitat by Culex pipiens, which is a very adaptable species, in hollows of trees. Morphological descriptions of the fourth larval instar, the pupae and the male and female adults have shown that these populations living in iree holes (phytotelmata) belong to the form C. pipiens autogenicus.