title: Body size of Culicoides variipennis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in relation to bloodmeal size estimates and the ingestion of Onchocerca cervicalis (Nematoda: Filarioidea) microfiliariae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Leprince
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Higgins
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Church
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Issel
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McManus
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Foil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001824:Body Constitution; D001835:Body Weight; D002519:Ceratopogonidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D008842:Microfilariae; D009854:Onchocerca