Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
DOI
10.1093/jme/tjab058
Publication Title
Journal of Medical Entomology
Volume
58
Issue
4
Pages
1941-1947
Abstract
Adult females and males of Ixodes affinis and Ixodes scapularis are illustrated by focus stacking image photography, and morphological character states are described that reliably differentiate the two species. In conjunction with other environmental cues, such as the questing phenology of adults, these characteristics will enable the rapid identification of adults of either sex along the southern Coastal Plain of the United States, where these species are sympatric.
Rights
This work is written by a US Government employee and is in the public domain in the U.S.
Original Publication Citation
Nadolny, R. M., Toliver, M., Gaff, H. D., Snodgrass, J. G., & Robbins, R. G. (2021). Focus stacking images of morphological character states for differentiating the adults of Ixodes affinis and Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in areas of sympatry. Journal of medical entomology, 12(4), 1941-1947. https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjab058
Repository Citation
Nadolny, Robyn M.; Toliver, Marcée; Gaff, Holly D.; Snodgrass, John G.; and Robbins, Richard G., "Focus Stacking Images of Morphological Character States for Differentiating the Adults of Ixodes affinis and Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Areas of Sympatry" (2021). Biological Sciences Faculty Publications. 443.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/biology_fac_pubs/443
ORCID
0000-0002-4034-2684 (Gaff)