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Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), the Cayenne tick: phylogeography and evidence for allopatric speciation.
BMC evolutionary biology - 9 Dec 2013
Beati Lorenza, Nava Santiago, Burkman Erica J, Barros-Battesti Darci M, Labruna Marcelo B, Guglielmone Alberto A, Cáceres Abraham G, Guzmán-Cornejo Carmen M, León Renato, Durden Lance A, Faccini João L H
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BACKGROUND: Amblyomma cajennense F. is one of the best known and studied ticks in the New World because of its very wide distribution, its economical importance as pest of domestic ungulates, and its association with a variety of animal and human pathogens. Recent observations, however, have challenged the taxonomic status of this tick and indicated that intraspecific cryptic speciation might be occurring. In the...
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