Amblyomma triste (Acari: Ixodidae): New North American collection records, including the first from the United States

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 536-542

  Mertins, James W ^a   Moorhouse, Arnold S ^b   Alfred, Jeffery T ^a   Hutcheson, H Joel ^a  

^a National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Arizona; biogeography; tick distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; IXODIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; AMBLYOMMA TRISTE; BOS; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 77954210280     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09165     Document Type: Article

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