Contributions to the morphology and phylogeny of the newly discovered bat tick species, Ixodes ariadnae in comparison with I. vespertilionis and I. simplex

Contributions to the morphology and phylogeny of the newly discovered bat tick species, Ixodes ariadnae in comparison with I. vespertilionis and I. simplex

Abstract Background Recently a new hard tick species, Ixodes ariadnae has been discovered, adding to the two known ixodid tick species (I. vespertilionis and I. simplex) of bats in Europe. Findings Scanning electron microscopic comparison of adult females of these species shows morphological differe...

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Main Authors: Sándor Hornok, Jenő Kontschán, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Isabel G Fernández de Mera, Snežana Tomanović, José de la Fuente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-01-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Ixodes
Tick
Bat
12S rDNA
16S rDNA
Subolesin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0665-0

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