Morphological and molecular description of Ixodes woyliei n. sp. (Ixodidae) with consideration for co-extinction with its critically endangered marsupial host

BACKGROUND: Taxonomic identification of ticks obtained during a longitudinal survey of the critically endangered marsupial, Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 (woylie, brush-tailed bettong) revealed a new species of Ixodes Latrielle, 1795. Here we provide morphological data for the female and nymphal...

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Autores principales: Ash, Amanda, Elliot, Aileen, Godfrey, Stephanie, Burmej, Halina, Abdad, Mohammad Yazid, Northover, Amy, Wayne, Adrian, Morris, Keith, Clode, Peta, Lymbery, Alan, Thompson, R. C. Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5296950/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28173840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-1997-8

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