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Redescription of the numbat tick Ixodes (Sternalixodes) myrmecobii Roberts, 1962 (Acari: Ixodidae) with descriptions of the male and nymph, and new host records

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Kwak, Mackenzie L., Ash, Amanda, Elliot, Aileen (2017): Redescription of the numbat tick Ixodes (Sternalixodes) myrmecobii Roberts, 1962 (Acari: Ixodidae) with descriptions of the male and nymph, and new host records. Zootaxa 4272 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.1.2

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