Compluriscutula vetulum (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae), a new genus and species of hard tick from Lower Cretaceous Burmese amber

Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 445-450

  Poinar, George O ^a   Buckley, Ron ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burmese amber; Compluriscutula vetulum; Ixodidae; Lower Cretaceous

Indexed keywords

ACARI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MYA;

EID: 41849144462     PISSN: 00138797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4289/07-014.1     Document Type: Article

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