El “mosquito gigante” de las lluvias: ¿es peligroso o solo una molestia temporal?

Wilbert Antonio Chi-Chim, Carlos Marcial Baak-Baak, Lourdes Gabriela Talavera-Aguilar, Julián Everardo García-Rejón

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LLuvias;Psorophora; Ecologia

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.56369/BAC.7158

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