A taxonomic key, based on restriction enzyme analysis of the second internal-transcribed
spacer (ITS-2) in the nuclear ribosomal DNA gene, was developed for identification of 17 …

Abstract Ixodes (Ixodes) mojavensis, n. sp.(Acari: Ixodidae), is described from all parasitic
stages collected from the endangered vole Microtus californicus scirpensis Bailey, 1900 …

The goal of this study was to clarify the taxonomic status of the Ixodes ricinus complex in the
Southern Cone of America, by using morphological characters and molecular markers …

Abstract Ixodes didelphidis Fonseca & Aragão was described in Brazil in 1952 as a new tick
species that differed from Ixodes loricatus Neumann by the spiracular plate pattern. We have …

We inferred the phylogenetic and phylogeographic relationships in ticks, which were
identified morphologically as Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes cornuatus, from mitochondrial …

Ixodes philipi ticks were collected from the nest burrows of streaked shearwaters,
Calonectris luecomelas, on 3 different islands of Japan (Awashima: 38° 45′ N, 139° 24 …

This book contains keys to the nymphs of species of Ixodes in the USA, and individual
accounts on geographical distribution, vertebrate hosts, where the nymph was originally …

Abstract In California, hard (Ixodidae) ticks transmit at least 8 zoonotic disease agents (1
virus, 6 bacteria, 1 protozoan) to humans or other animals. The correct taxonomic …

To investigate the genetic specificity of Ixodes granulatus ticks collected from Taiwan, the
genetic identities and phylogenetic relationships were analyzed by comparing the …

Abstract Ixodes spinipalpis Hadwen & Nuttall and I. neotomae Cooley are enzootic vectors
of Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt & Brenner in western North …