Redescription of the male of Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 (ixodida: Ixodidae) on specimens from Sardinia (Italy)

Parasite

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 235-240

  Contini, C ^a   Palmas, C ^a   Seu, V ^a   Stancampiano, L ^b   Usai, F ^b  

^a Section of Anthropological Sciences   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Description; Ixodes festai; Ixodidae; Male; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

AVES; IXODES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 84855276927     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: 17761042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2011183235     Document Type: Review

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