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

Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 is a poorly known bird parasite tick. Its immature forms have not been described yet, while the adult forms only insufficiently, especially the male. In this note the presence of the male of Ixodes festai for the first time in Sardinia (Italy) is reported and a detailed...

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Autores principales: Contini, C., Palmas, C., Seu, V., Stancampiano, L., Usai, F.
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Publicado: EDP Sciences 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21894264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2011183235
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author Contini, C.
Palmas, C.
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Usai, F.
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description Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 is a poorly known bird parasite tick. Its immature forms have not been described yet, while the adult forms only insufficiently, especially the male. In this note the presence of the male of Ixodes festai for the first time in Sardinia (Italy) is reported and a detailed redescription is provided. Morphometric data as well as photographs performed both with optical and electron microscope (ESEM FEI Quanta 200) are also shown.
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spelling pubmed-36714702013-07-24 Redescription of the male of Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on specimens from Sardinia (Italy) Contini, C. Palmas, C. Seu, V. Stancampiano, L. Usai, F. Parasite Original Contribution Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 is a poorly known bird parasite tick. Its immature forms have not been described yet, while the adult forms only insufficiently, especially the male. In this note the presence of the male of Ixodes festai for the first time in Sardinia (Italy) is reported and a detailed redescription is provided. Morphometric data as well as photographs performed both with optical and electron microscope (ESEM FEI Quanta 200) are also shown. EDP Sciences 2011-08 2011-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3671470/ /pubmed/21894264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2011183235 Text en © PRINCEPS Editions, Paris, 2011 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Contribution
Contini, C.
Palmas, C.
Seu, V.
Stancampiano, L.
Usai, F.
Redescription of the male of Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on specimens from Sardinia (Italy)
title Redescription of the male of Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on specimens from Sardinia (Italy)
title_full Redescription of the male of Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on specimens from Sardinia (Italy)
title_fullStr Redescription of the male of Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on specimens from Sardinia (Italy)
title_full_unstemmed Redescription of the male of Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on specimens from Sardinia (Italy)
title_short Redescription of the male of Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on specimens from Sardinia (Italy)
title_sort redescription of the male of ixodes festai rondelli, 1926 (ixodida: ixodidae) on specimens from sardinia (italy)
topic Original Contribution
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3671470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21894264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2011183235
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