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Records Of Ticks From Jamaica With The Description Of Ixodes (Ixodes) Copei N.Sp. From The Mockingbird, Mimus Polyglottos (Acari: Ixodidae)

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book/Conference Title

International Journal of Acarology

Volume

6

Issue

2

First Page

157

Last Page

162

Abstract

A new species of tick, Ixodes copei is described from Jamaica. Hosts were the Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos and White-eyed Thrush, Turdus jamaicensis. Records also are given for Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius), Anocentor nitens (Neumann), Boophilus microplus (Canestrini), and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille). © 1980 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Department

Department of Biology

Original Publication Date

1-1-1980

DOI of published version

10.1080/01647958008683210

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