• The Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) group of ticks: phenotypic plasticity or incipient speciation? 

      Lado, Paula; Nava, Santiago; Mendoza-Uribe, Leonardo; Caceres, Abraham G.; Delgado de la Mora, Jesus; Licona Enriquez, Jesus D.; Delgado de la Mora, David; Labruna, Marcelo B.; Durden, Lance A.; Allerdice, Michelle E.J.; Paddock, Christopher D.; Szabó, Matias P.J.; Venzal, José Manuel; Guglielmone, Alberto; Beati, Lorenza (BMC, 2018-12)
      Background; The goal of this study was to reassess the taxonomic status of A. maculatum, A. triste and A. tigrinum by phylogenetic analysis of five molecular markers [four mitochondrial: 12S rDNA, 16S rDNA, the control ...