Ticks of the genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) from white-lipped peccaries, Tayassu Pecari, in Northeastern Bolivia, with comments on host specificity

Entomological News

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 172-176

  Robbings, Richard G ^a   Karesh, William B ^b   Lilian E Painter, R ^c,d   Rosenberg, Susan ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Proyecto BOLFOR   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA NAPONENSE; AMBLYOMMA OBLONGOGUTTATUM; AMBLYOMMA PECARIUM; TAYASSU PECARI;

EID: 0031832105     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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