Integrative taxonomy of Haemaphysalis (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Western Ghats, India: Morphological and molecular characterization and implications

• K.R. Reshma ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: reshma.kalarikkal.reghu@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Maharaja’s College, Mahatma Gandhi University, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2800-9763

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• K. Prakasan,

  Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Maharaja’s College, Mahatma Gandhi University, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

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• R. Aswathi,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, Maharaja’s College, Mahatma Gandhi University, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7012-1578

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• A.P. Ranjith

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Integrative Insect Ecology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, Kālinga Foundation, Agumbe, Karnataka, India, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-9659

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