Taxonomic status of Ixodes didelphidis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 135-142

  Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Marrelli, Mauro T ^a,b   Heinemann, Marcos B ^a   Fava, Adriano B ^a   Cortez, Adriana ^a   Soares, Rodrigo M ^a   Sakamoto, Sidnei M ^a   Richtzenhain, Leonardo J ^a   Marinotti, Osvaldo ^a,b   Schumaker, Teresinha T S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Cidade Universitaria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biology; Ixodes didelphidis; Ixodes loricatus; Second internal transcribed spacer; Spiracular plate

Indexed keywords

ACARI; IXODES; IXODES LORICATUS; IXODIDAE;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0036370645     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.135     Document Type: Article

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