A new species of the tick genus Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitic on mustelids (Mammalia: Carnivora) in Canada

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-170

  Lindquist, Evert E ^a   Wu, King Wan ^a   Redner, James H ^a  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 0345390291     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent131151-2     Document Type: Article

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