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Description of the female, nymph and larva and mitochondrial genome, and redescription of the male of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 (Acari: Ixodidae), from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a consideration of the most suitable subgenus for this tick

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Barker, Dayana, Kelava, Samuel, Shao, Renfu, Seeman, Owen D., Jones, Malcolm K., Nakao, Ryo, Barker, Stephen C., Apanaskevich, Dmitry A. (2022): Description of the female, nymph and larva and mitochondrial genome, and redescription of the male of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 (Acari: Ixodidae), from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a consideration of the most suitable subgenus for this tick. Parasites & Vectors (117) 15 (1): 1-18, DOI: 10.1186/s13071-022-05165-2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-022-05165-2

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