Amblyomma vikirri n. sp. (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae), a parasite of the gidgee skink Egernia stokesii (Reptilia: Scincidae) from South Australia

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Keirans, James E ^a   Bull, C Michael ^b   Duffield, Glen A ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VIKIRRI; ARTHROPODA; EGERNIA STOKESII; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0029854266     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01531205     Document Type: Article

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