First record of hosts for tick Carios kelleyi (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) in Canada and Montana

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 497-501

  Lausen, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bats; Chiroptera, ornithodoros; Ectoparasites; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; CARIOS; CHIROPTERA; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; IXODIDA; MYOTIS CILIOLABRUM; MYOTIS EVOTIS; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; MYOTIS VOLANS; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS KELLEYI;

EID: 19444387095     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2005)042[0497:FROHFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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