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- Title
Abnormal Morphology of an Adult Rocky Mountain Wood Tick, Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae).
- Authors
Dergousoff, Shaun J.; Chilton, Neil B.
- Abstract
The article reports the discovery of an anomaly in the morphology of an adult male Rocky Mountain wood tick, Dermacentor andersoni. During the collection of ticks from vegetation, Dermacentor andersoni was picked up that exhibited unique morphological anomalies, including the absence of a leg on the side of the body, as well as Coxa IV on the right side was missing in this specimen.
- Subjects
MORPHOLOGY; PARASITES; MICROORGANISM morphology; ROCKY Mountain spotted fever tick; IXODIDAE
- Publication
Journal of Parasitology, 2007, Vol 93, Issue 3, p708
- ISSN
0022-3395
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1645/GE-1073R.1