Recognition of the tick genus Anocentor Schulze, 1937 (Acari: Ixodidae) by numerical taxonomy.

doi:10.1093/jmedent/35.5.891

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Recognition of the tick genus Anocentor Schulze, 1937 (Acari: Ixodidae) by numerical taxonomy.

Journal of medical entomology - 1 Sept 1998

Borges L M, Labruna M B, Linardi P M, Ribeiro M F

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We report on an evaluation of the systematic position of the tick Anocentor nitens (Neumann), examining particularly whether Anocentor should be regarded as a subgenus of Dermacentor or as a separate genus. Twelve species of Ixodidae were analyzed phenetically by using 24 characters of adult tick...

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Animals
Brazil
Dermacentor
Phenotype
Phylogeny
Ticks

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