The Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) of Mexico: Parasite-Host and Host-Parasite Checklists

Abstract

Parasite-host and host-parasite checklists are provided for all species of Ixodes known from Mexico; host and locality data are from specimens housed in the Coleccion Nacional de Acaros, Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, and from literature. Six Ixodes species (I. brunneus, I. conepati, I. dentatus, I. eadsi, I. guatemalensis, I. texanus) are newly recorded from Mexico; in addition, 17 new locality records are presented for eight species (I. affinis, I. boliviensis, I. luciae, I. rubidus, I. scapularis, I. spinipalpis, I. tancitarius, I. woodi), and eight new host records are given for five species (I. affinis, I. boliviensis, I. rubidus, I. spinipalpis, I. tancitarius).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 20, 2007
Accession Number
ADA500396

Entities

People

  • Carmen Guzman-cornejo
  • Richard G. Robbins
  • Tila M. Perez

Organizations

  • National Autonomous University of Mexico

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  • Biomedical

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  • Birds
  • Cervidae
  • Databases
  • Ecology
  • Eutrophication
  • Geography
  • Habitats
  • North America
  • Parasites
  • Parasitology
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