A new species of Ornithodoros (Acari: Argasidae) from desert areas of northern Chile

Ornithodoros atacamensis n. sp. is described from larvae collected on the lizard Liolaemus bisignatus and from free-living adults collected in desert areas from the Pan de Azúcar and Llanos de Challe National Parks, in Northern Chile. Additionally, unengorged larvae were obtained from fertilized fem...

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Main Authors: Muñoz-Leal, Sebastian, Venzal, José Manuel, González-Acuña, Daniel, Nava, Santiago, Lopes, Marcos G., Martins, Thiago F., Figueroa, Cecilia, Fernández, Nicolás, Labruna, Marcelo B.
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Language:Inglés
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/914
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X16300644?via%3Dihub
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2016.04.008

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