Observations on questing activity of adult gulf coast ticks, amblyomma maculatum koch (Acari: Ixodidae), in Mississippi, U.S.A

Systematic and Applied Acarology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-200

  Jerome, Goddard ^a   Varela Stokes, Andrea ^b   Schneider, John C ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Gulf Coast tick; Mississippi; Questing behavior

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ARISTIDA STRICTA; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; PANICUM; PANICUM REPENS; SORGHUM HALEPENSE;

EID: 84863854701     PISSN: 13621971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11158/saa.16.3.1     Document Type: Article

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