The Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) group of ticks: phenotypic plasticity or incipient speciation?

LADO, PAULA; NAVA, SANTIAGO; MENDOZA-URIBE, LEONARDO; CACERES, ABRAHAM G.; DELGADO-DE LA MORA, JESUS; LICONA-ENRIQUEZ, JESUS D.; DELGADO-DE LA MORA, DAVID; LABRUNA, MARCELO B.; DURDEN, LANCE A.; ALLERDICE, MICHELLE E. J.; PADDOCK, CHRISTOPHER D.; SZABÓ, MATIAS P. J.; VENZAL, JOSÉ M.; GUGLIELMONE, ALBERTO A.; BEATI, LORENZA

PARASITES AND VECTORS

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Lugar: Londres; Año: 2018 vol. 11

1756-3305

The goal of this study was to reassess the taxonomic status of A. maculatum, A. triste and A. tigrinumby phylogenetic analysis of five molecular markers [four mitochondrial: 12S rDNA, 16S rDNA, the control region (DL)and cytochrome c oxidase 1 (cox1), and one nuclear: ribosomal intergenic transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2)]. In addition,the phenotypic diversity of adult ticks identified as A. maculatum and A. triste from geographically distinct populationswas thoroughly re-examined.