Recognition of the tick genus Anocentor Schulze, 1937 (Acari: Ixodidae) by numerical taxonomy |
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| Authors: | LM Borges MB Labruna PM Linardi MF Ribeiro |
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| Affiliation: | Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiania, Brazil. |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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