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Description of two new species in the Ixodes ricinus complex from the New World (Acari: Ixodidae), and redescription of Ixodes affinis Neumann, 1899

  • 1. Instituto de Investigaciòn de la Càdena Làctea (IDICAL, INTA-CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estaciòn Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela (INTA E.E.A. Rafaela), Ruta 34 Km 227, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina. & Santiago Nava, Ruta 34 km 227, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina. Tel.: +54 03492440121+
  • 2. United States National Tick Collection, Institute for Coastal Plain, Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4848-9701
  • 3. Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades Transmitidas, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Rivera 1350, 50000 Salto, CP, Uruguay. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4633-7456
  • 4. Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7382-6319
  • 5. Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1830-3133
  • 6. Instituto de Investigaciòn de la Càdena Làctea (IDICAL, INTA-CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estaciòn Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela (INTA E.E.A. Rafaela), Ruta 34 Km 227, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.
  • 7. Georgia Southern Museum, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7289-046X
  • 8. Zoologische Staatssammlung München, München, Germany. https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1957-7324

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Nava, Santiago, Beati, Lorenza, Venzal, Jose M., Durden, Lance A., Bermudez, Sergio E., Tarragona, Evelina L., Mangold, Atilio J., Gleason, Debbie, Mastropaolo, Mariano, Guglielmone, Alberto A. (2023): Description of two new species in the Ixodes ricinus complex from the New World (Acari: Ixodidae), and redescription of Ixodes affinis Neumann, 1899. Zootaxa 5361 (1): 53-73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.1.2, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.1.2/52160

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