title: Towards the standardization of the abbreviations of genus names of ticks (Acari: Parasitiformes: Ixodida).
abstract: An abbreviation system for genus names of ticks of the world is proposed. This abbreviation system adopts two letters (typically, the first two), as previously proposed for Culicidae and more recently for Phlebotominae. I hope this abbreviation system will be useful for anyone interested in tick taxonomy and related areas.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Imunologia, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Caixa Postal 7472, Avenida Professor Moraes Rego s/n, Campus UFPE, Recife, Pernambuco CEP 50670-420, Brazil. fdt@cpqam.fiocruz.br
authors.forename: Filipe
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dantas-Torres
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D013987:Ticks / Q000145:classification*