Contributions to the phylogeny of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) canisuga, I. (Ph.) kaiseri, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and a simple pictorial key for the identification of their females

Contributions to the phylogeny of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) canisuga, I. (Ph.) kaiseri, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and a simple pictorial key for the identification of their females

Abstract Background In Europe, hard ticks of the subgenus Pholeoixodes (Ixodidae: Ixodes) are usually associated with burrow-dwelling mammals and terrestrial birds. Reports of Pholeoixodes spp. from carnivores are frequently contradictory, and their identification is not based on key diagnostic char...

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Main Authors: Sándor Hornok, Attila D. Sándor, Relja Beck, Róbert Farkas, Lorenza Beati, Jenő Kontschán, Nóra Takács, Gábor Földvári, Cornelia Silaghi, Elisabeth Meyer-Kayser, Adnan Hodžić, Snežana Tomanović, Swaid Abdullah, Richard Wall, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Georg Gerhard Duscher, Olivier Plantard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Carnivora
Erinaceidae
Ixodes crenulatus
Ixodes rugicollis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2424-x

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