| Literature DB >> 19115087 |
Valeria Castilho Onofrio1, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, João Luiz Horácio Faccini.
Abstract
The current Brazilian Ixodes fauna is composed of the following eight species: I. amarali Fonseca, 1935; I. aragaoi Fonseca, 1935; I. auritulus Neumann, 1904; I. fuscipes Koch, 1844; I. loricatus Neumann, 1899; I. luciae Sénevet, 1940; I. paranaensis Barros-Battesti, Arzua, Pichorim & Keirans, 2003; and I. schulzei Aragão & Fonseca, 1951. Further studies are needed to establish the taxonomic status of I. serrafreirei Amorim, Gazeta, Bossi & Linhares, 2003, a recently proposed species based solely on the nymphal stage. We present an up-to-date key to adults of the currently valid Brazilian species of Ixodes based on scanning electron microscopy. The relationships between Brazilian and other Neotropical Ixodes are also discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19115087 DOI: 10.1007/s11230-008-9169-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Syst Parasitol ISSN: 0165-5752 Impact factor: 1.431