The Dermacentor (Acari, Ixodida, Ixodidae) of Mexico: hosts, geographical distribution and new records.
Distribution and host data from published literature and previously unpublished collection records are provided for all nine species of the Holarctic tick genus Dermacentor that are known to occur in Mexico, as well as two species that may occur there. Parasite-host and host-parasite lists are presented, together with a gazetteer of collection localities and their geographical coordinates.
Laboratorio de Acarología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C. P. 04510, D.F. México.
Carmen
C
Guzmán-Cornejo
Armed Forces Pest Management Board, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations and Environment, Silver Spring, MD 20910-1202, U.S.A.
Richard G
RG
Robbins
Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, CC 22, C.P. 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.
Alberto A
AA
Guglielmone
Colección Nacional de Ácaros, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C. P. 04510, D.F. México.
Griselda
G
Montiel-Parra
Laboratorio de Acarología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C. P. 04510, D.F. México.
Gerardo
G
Rivas
Colección Nacional de Ácaros, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C. P. 04510, D.F. México.
Tila María
TM
Pérez
Dermacentor; Mexico; distribution; hosts; ticks