Morphological and molecular description of Ixodes woyliei n. sp. (Ixodidae) with consideration for co-extinction with its critically endangered marsupial host
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- 作者：Amanda Ash ; Aileen Elliot ; Stephanie Godfrey ; Halina Burmej…
- 关键词：Ixodes woyliei n. sp ; Co ; extinction ; Ectoparasites ; Bettongia penicillata ; Wildlife
- 刊名：Parasites & Vectors
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：10
- 期：1
- 全文大小：3013KB
- 刊物主题：Parasitology; Entomology; Tropical Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Virology;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1756-3305
- 卷排序：10
文摘
BackgroundTaxonomic identification of ticks obtained during a longitudinal survey of the critically endangered marsupial, Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 (woylie, brush-tailed bettong) revealed a new species of Ixodes Latrielle, 1795. Here we provide morphological data for the female and nymphal life stages of this novel species (Ixodes woyliei n. sp.), in combination with molecular characterisation using the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (cox1). In addition, molecular characterisation was conducted on several described Ixodes species and used to provide phylogenetic context.