Ixodes tropicalis Kohls, 1956
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E45B65-8920-E268-E057-F8DA2A03FEEB |
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Felipe |
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Ixodes tropicalis Kohls, 1956 |
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Ixodes tropicalis Kohls, 1956 View in CoL
This species is present in Colombia and Peru, where it parasitizes mammals of the Rodentia order. Only the female is described as type: CNHM, USNTC ( Barros-Battesti et al. 2006; RiveraPaez et al. 2018a). It has been reported in montane moist broadleaf forests of Valle del Cauca on Cricetidae echimyidae. The larvae and nymph stages have not been described ( Kohls 1956). This tick has been spotted in Valle del Cauca parasitizing rodents, but there are no new updates of this tick ( Rivera-Paez et al. 2018a).
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