The Hard Ticks of the World (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Guglielmone, Alberto A. (Συγγραφέας), Robbins, Richard G. (Συγγραφέας), Apanaskevich, Dmitry A. (Συγγραφέας), Petney, Trevor N. (Συγγραφέας), Estrada-Peña, Agustín (Συγγραφέας), Horak, Ivan G. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Parasitology.; Animal ecology.; Invertebrates.; Entomology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Animal Ecology.

Hard ticks (family Ixodidae) are obligately blood-feeding ectoparasites of all classes of vertebrates except fishes.  They occur worldwide and are preeminent among hematophagous arthropods for the variety of infectious agents that they transmit to humans and other animals.  Because hard ticks have l...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Part I – The Genus Ixodes
• Part II – THE GENUS Haemaphysalis
• Part III – THE GENUS Amblyomma
• Part IV – THE GENUS Rhipicephalus
• Part V – THE GENUS Dermacentor
• Part VI – THE GENUS Hyalomma
• Part VII – The Genera Anomalohimalaya, Bothriocroton, Cosmiomma, Compluriscutula, Cornupalpatum, Margaropus, Nosomma and Rhipicentor
• Part VIII – SYNOPSIS
• Ticks feeding on humans
• Distribution
• Hosts
• Species with broad distributions
• Type Depository Acronyms.