First Mesozoic Record of a Parasitiform Mite: A Larval Argasid Tick in Cretaceous Amber (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-15

  Klompen, Hans ^a   Grimaldi, David ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argasidae; Carios; Fossil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010692588     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0010:FMROAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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