Wednesday, 25 August 2021

Study Shows American Dog Ticks in Western U.S. Are a Separate Species  | Entomology Today

Dermacentor similis, male

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Researchers have split the medically important American dog tick into two species: the existing Dermacentor variabilis in eastern states and the newly described Dermacentor similis west of the Rocky Mountains.

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