Amblyomma geochelone Durden, Keirans & Smith, 2002
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5251.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3326BF76-A2FB-4244-BA4C-D0AF81F55637 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7736726 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03966A56-0F44-C744-BABF-8BA5B132FED1 |
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Plazi |
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Amblyomma geochelone Durden, Keirans & Smith, 2002 |
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47. Amblyomma geochelone Durden, Keirans & Smith, 2002 View in CoL .
Afrotropical: 1) Madagascar ( Durden et al. 2002).
Amblyomma geochelone may be a synonym of Amblyomma chabaudi . Both species feed on tortoises in Madagascar, are morphologically similar, and share a gene sequence that is also found in Amblyomma loculosum , a parasite of marine birds, an unexpected finding ( Kushimo 2013, Guglielmone et al. 2020).
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