Amblyomma latepunctatum, a valid tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) long misidentified with both Amblyomma incisum and Amblyomma scalpturatum

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 527-541

  Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Keirans, James E ^a,b   Camargo, Luis Marcelo A ^a   Ribeiro, Alberto F ^a   Soares, Rodrigo M ^a   Camargo, Erney P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

HOST SELECTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TAXONOMY; TICK;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA INCISUM; AMBLYOMMA LATEPUNCTATUM; AMBLYOMMA SCALPTURATUM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERISSODACTYLA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS; TICK;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BRAZIL; RONDONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; IXODIDAE; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 22244440857     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-446R     Document Type: Article

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