• Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), the Cayenne tick: phylogeography and evidence for allopatric speciation 

      Beati, Lorenza; Nava, Santiago; Burkman, Erica J.; Barros Battesti, Darci M.; Labruna, Marcelo B.; Guglielmone, Alberto; Cáceres, Abraham G.; Guzman Cornejo, Carmen M.; Léon, Renato; Durden, Lance A.; Faccini, João L.H. (2013-12)
      Background: Amblyomma cajennense F. is one of the best known and studied ticks in the New World because of its very wide distribution, its economical importance as pest of domestic ungulates, and its association with a ...
    • Amblyomma parvum Aragão, 1908 (Acari: Ixodidae): Phylogeography and systematic considerations 

      Lado, Paula; Nava, Santiago; Labruna, Marcelo B.; Szabó, Matías P.J.; Durden, Lance A.; Bermudez, Sergio; Montagna, Matteo; Sánchez Quirós, Ana C.; Beati, Lorenza (2016-07)
      The geographical distribution of Amblyomma parvum Aragão 1908 in the New World is disjunct, with two main clusters separated from each other by the Amazon basin. The main objectives of this study were to further investigate ...
    • 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 ...