Neotropical Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae)

A Critical Analysis of Their Taxonomy, Distribution, and Host Relationships

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

AvAlberto A. Guglielmone,Santiago Nava,Richard G. Robbins

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Of the 758 species of hard ticks (family Ixodidae) currently known to science, 137 (18%) are found in the Neotropical Zoogeographic Region, an area that extends from the eastern and western flanks of the Mexican Plateau southward to southern Argentina and Chile and that also includes the Greater and Lesser Antilles and the Galápagos Islands.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-07-30
Mått155 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt768 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor486
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030723552

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Alberto A. GUGLIELMONE is a senior Argentinean scientist with a long career devoted to ticks and tick-borne diseases of cattle but currently specializing in the biogeography of Ixodidae worldwide. His scientific contributions encompass hundreds of papers and several books in collaboration with scientists in about 30 countries. Dr. Guglielmone is a member of the Academia Nacional de Agronomía y Veterinaria of Argentina.Santiago NAVA is a Senior Scientist in Parasitology at the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, and Scientist at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científica y Técnicas, Argentina. His scientific contributions include more than two hundred papers and a book, with emphasis on the systematics, ecology and control of ticks, as well as the epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens. Dr. Nava actively collaborates with scientists from more than 20 countries in the Americas, Europe and Africa.Richard G. ROBBINS is an Emeritus Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution. His 41-year career with four United States government agencies has yielded approximately 150 scientific publications, including six books and several book chapters and monographs, plus scores of agency-specific reports. Dr. Robbins is a life member of the Society of Federal Health Professionals and has been awarded the U.S. Army’s Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.