A new species of Ornithodoros (Acari: Argasidae), parasite of Microlophus spp. (Reptilia: Tropiduridae) from northern Chile

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 128-132

  Venzal, José M ^a   Nava, Santiago ^b   González Acuña, Daniel ^c   Mangold, Atilio J ^b   Muñoz Leal, Sebastián ^c   Lado, Paula ^a   Guglielmone, Alberto A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Argasidae; Chile; Microlophus spp.; Ornithodoros microlophi sp. n.; Tropiduridae

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CHILE; DNA SEQUENCE; LIZARD; MICROLOPHUS; MICROLOPHUS ATACAMENSIS; MICROLOPHUS QUADRIVITTATUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORNITHODOROS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHILE; ORNITHODOROS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; MICROLOPHUS; MICROLOPHUS ATACAMENSIS; ORNITHODOROS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE;

EID: 84872606003     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.10.038     Document Type: Article

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