Ixodes bocatorensis Apanaskevich & Bermudez, 2017
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E45B65-8924-E264-E3BE-F8D12BF5FE25 |
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Felipe |
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Ixodes bocatorensis Apanaskevich & Bermudez, 2017 |
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Ixodes bocatorensis Apanaskevich & Bermudez, 2017
The name of this tick is derived from Bocas del Toro, a province of Panama where the holotype, allotype, and paratypes were collected for the first time ( Apanaskevich et al. 2017). Adults of this tick were collected from agoutis ( Rodentia : Dasyproctidae ), pacas ( Rodentia : Cuniculidae ), tapirs and sloths ( Perissodactyla : Tapiridae and Pilosa ) in Colombia (Antioquia Department), Panama, (Bocas del Toro and Los Santos Provinces) and Venezuela (Bolivar, Carabobo, and Falcon States); samples lay in the USNTC. These ticks were previously classified as Ixodes lassallei by Kohls and Clifford (1966) and actually represent this new species as a product of the re-examination of this collection ( Apanaskevich et al. 2017).
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