Morphological differentiation of Ixodes persulcatus and I. ricinus hybrid larvae in experiment and under natural conditions

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-133

  Bugmyrin, Sergey V ^a   Belova, Oxana A ^b   Ieshko, Eugeniy P ^a   Bespyatova, Liubov A ^a   Karganova, Galina G ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b CHUMAKOV INSTITUTE OF POLIOMYELITIS AND VIRAL ENCEPHALITIDES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hybrids; I. ricinus; Ixodes persulcatus; Larvae; Morphology; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; MALE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHIMERA; IXODES;

IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; MALE;

EID: 84922008538     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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