Description of the nymph and larva and redescription of the female of Ixodes neuquenensis Ringuelet, 1947 (Acari: Ixodidae), a parasite of the endangered Neotropical marsupial Dromiciops gliroides Thomas (Microbiotheria: Microbiotheriidae)

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-219

  Guglielmone, Alberto A ^a   Venzal, José M ^b   Amico, Guillermo ^c   Mangold, Atilio J ^a   Keirans, James E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IXODES; LARVA; MARSUPIAL; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DNA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; MARSUPIALIA; NYMPH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; DROMICIOPS GLIROIDES; IXODES; IXODES NEUQUENENSIS; IXODIDAE; METATHERIA; MICROBIOTHERIA; MICROBIOTHERIIDAE;

EID: 1842472947     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SYPA.0000019082.96187.9c     Document Type: Article

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