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Relationships of South American marsupials (Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria and Paucituberculata) and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with distribution of four species of Ixodes

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Guglielmone, Alberto A., Nava, Santiago, Díaz, Mónica (2011): Relationships of South American marsupials (Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria and Paucituberculata) and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with distribution of four species of Ixodes. Zootaxa 3086: 1-30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203193

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