A CASE OF GYNANDROMORPHISM IN AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM FABRICIUS (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN THE REPUBLIC OF GUINEA

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M.C. Balde, Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, M.Pirogovskaya 20, Moscow 119435, Russia
O.K. Konstantinov, Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, M.Pirogovskaya 20, Moscow 119435, Russia

Annotation:

During an investigation of ixodid ticks in the Republic of Guinea in 1981-1987, one gynandromorph was found of Amblyomma variegatum Fabricius. This specimen was collected on the live-stock in July 1987 near Kindia town and had signs of both a male and a female. This was the first case of ixodid tick gynandromorphism noted in that country.

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