A new argasid tick species (Acari: Argasidae) associated with the rock cavy, Kerodon rupestris Wied-Neuwied (Rodentia: Caviidae), in a semiarid region of Brazil

BACKGROUND: The rock cavy Kerodon rupestris (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) is a rodent species endemic to northeastern Brazil. Earlier studies have associated the argasid tick Ornithodoros talaje (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) with rocky cavy; however, a recent study proposed that O. talaje is not established in Br...

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Autores principales: Labruna, Marcelo B., Nava, Santiago, Marcili, Arlei, Barbieri, Amalia R. M., Nunes, Pablo H., Horta, Mauricio C., Venzal, José M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1796-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1796-7

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