A century of tick taxonomy in South Africa : tick-borne diseases
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A century of tick taxonomy in South Africa.
Eighty ixodid tick species, 25 argasid tick species and Nuttalliella namaqua occur in South Africa. Twenty-one of the 80 ixodid species and two of the argasid species occur only in this country, while N. namaqua is present only in South Africa and Namibia. Forty-six of the 80 ixodid species and 16 of the 25 argasid species as well as N. namaqua have been described as new species since 1908. Peo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Onderstepoort J Vet Res
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2219-0635,0030-2465
DOI: 10.4102/ojvr.v76i1.67