Description of a new soft tick species (Acari: Argasidae: Ornithodoros) parasite of Octodon degus (Rodentia: Octodontidae) in northern Chile
A new argasid (Argasidae) tick is herein described based on morphology and molecular data obtained from larvae parasitizing Octodon degus and from ticks collected inside burrows in northern Chile. Unfed laboratory-reared larvae were mounted in slides for morphometrical and morphological analyses. La...
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| Language: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8051 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1877959X19302754 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101385 |
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