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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Autores principales: Muñoz-Leal, Sebastian, Venzal, José Manuel, Nava, Santiago, Marcili, Arlei, González-Acuña, Daniel, Martins, Thiago F., Labruna, Marcelo B.
Formato: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea: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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