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Morphological and molecular description of Ixodes woyliei n. sp. (Ixodidae) with consideration for co-extinction with its critically endangered marsupial host.
Parasites & vectors - 7 Feb 2017
Ash Amanda, Elliot Aileen, Godfrey Stephanie, Burmej Halina, Abdad Mohammad Yazid, Northover Amy, Wayne Adrian, Morris Keith, Clode Peta, Lymbery Alan, Thompson R C Andrew
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Taxonomic identification of ticks obtained during a longitudinal survey of the critically endangered marsupial, Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 (woylie, brush-tailed bettong) revealed a new species of Ixodes Latrielle, 1795. Here we provide morphological data for the female and nymphal life stages of this novel species (Ixodes woyliei n. sp.), in combination with molecular characterisation using the...
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