Experimental infestation with the immatures of Amblyomma dissimile Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) on Tropidurus torquatus (Lacertilia: Iguanidae) and Oryctolagus cuniculus
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Reestablishment of Amblyomma tenellum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae).
Herein, Amblyomma tenellumKoch, 1844 (Ixodidae) is reestablished as a valid tick name and removed from the synonymy list of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787), while Amblyomma imitatorKohls, 1958, is relegated to a junior synonym of A. tenellum. Amblyomma tenellum is redescribed based on the examination of male type specimens collected by Deppe at the beginning of the 19th century in Mexico...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0102-0935
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352004000100021