First U.S. record of the hard tick Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) gregsoni Lindquist, Wu, and Redner

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 718-719

  Lubelczyk, Charles B ^a   Hanson, Trish ^b   Lacombe, Eleanor H ^a   Holman, Mary S ^a   Keirans, James E ^c  

^a Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^b Forest Biology Laboratory   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELID; MUSTELID; NEW SPECIES; TICK;

ARTICLE; CAT; IXODES; IXODES GREGSONI; MINK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; SPECIES; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; IXODES; MAINE; MINK; MUSTELIDAE; TICK INFESTATIONS; VERMONT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

FELIS CATUS; IXODES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MARTES PENNANTI; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 34447130833     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-943R.1     Document Type: Article

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