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...

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Main Authors:	Labruna, Marcelo B., Nava, Santiago, Marcili, Arlei, Barbieri, Amália Regina Mar, Nunes, Pablo Henrique, Horta, Mauricio Claudio, Venzal, José Manuel
Format:	info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	BioMed Central 2018
Subjects:	Morfología Metastigmata Especies Nuevas Zona Semiárida Argasidae Semiarid Zones New Species Morphology Ornithodoros Rietcorreai Kerodon Rupestris Brasil Mitochondrial 16S rDNA Garrapatas
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/2887 https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13071-016-1796-7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1796-7