Recognition of the tick genus Anocentor Schulze, 1937 (Acari: Ixodidae) by numerical taxonomy.
We report on an evaluation of the systematic position of the tick Anocentor nitens (Neumann), examining particularly whether Anocentor should be regarded as a subgenus of Dermacentor or as a separate genus. Twelve species of Ixodidae were analyzed phenetically by using 24 characters of adult ticks. A phenogram indicated 3 clusters, with Anocentor more closely related to Rhipicephalus than to Dermacentor. The results of this study endorse the validity of the monotypic genus Anocentor.
Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
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Borges
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Linardi
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Ribeiro
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D013987:Ticks / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*