First report of the soft tick Ornithodoros mimon (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Alagoas State, Northeastern Brazil

Abstract The Brazilian tick fauna currently comprises 77 valid species categorized into two families: Ixodidae (53 species) and Argasidae (24 species). In the state of Alagoas, only six Ixodid ticks have been reported to date, with no previous reports of ticks in the Argasidae family. Here, we asses...

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Published in:	Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Main Authors:	Epitácio Correia de Farias Júnior, Ana Cecília Pires de Azevedo Lopes, Glauber Meneses Barboza Oliveira, Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Jonatas Campos de Almeida
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinaria 2024-09-01
Subjects:	Argasid opossum Didelphis albiventris
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612024000400800&lng=en&tlng=en