Description of a new species of Dermacentor Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the mountains of Laos and Thailand

Dmitry A. ApanaskevichKhamsing VongphaylothPattraporn JeangkhwoaAummarin ChaloemthanetphongArunee AhantarigMaria A. ApanaskevichPaul T. BreyKhaithong LakeomanyWachareeporn TrinachartvanitInstitut Pasteur du LaosZoological Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesGeorgia Southern UniversityMahidol University2020-08-252020-08-252020-08-01Systematic Parasitology. Vol.97, No.4 (2020), 347-35515735192016557522-s2.0-85086025007https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/57942© 2020, Springer Nature B.V. Dermacentor pasteuri n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae) is described based on adults ex wild boar and vegetation from Laos and Thailand. Adults of D. pasteuri n. sp. are similar to those of D. compactus Neumann, 1901, but can be distinguished by the shape of conscutum in the male, development of dorsal cornua in the female, size and shape of spurs on coxae and coloration of leg segments in both sexes.Mahidol UniversityImmunology and MicrobiologyDescription of a new species of Dermacentor Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the mountains of Laos and ThailandArticleSCOPUS10.1007/s11230-020-09916-6