Comparison of the external morphology of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from Brazil and Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 139-147

  De Oliveira, Patrícia Rosa ^a   Bechara, Gervásio Henrique ^a   Denardi, Sandra Eloisi ^a   Saito, Kelly Cristina ^a   Nunes, Erika Takagi ^a   Szabó, Matias Pablo Juan ^b   Mathias, Maria Izabel Camargo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brazil; External morphology; Ixodidae; Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY; TICK;

ACARI; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 16244363987     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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