FIGURE 1 in Rodents of the subfamily Sigmodontinae (Myomorpha: Cricetidae) as hosts for South American hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with hypotheses on life history

FIGURE 1. Neighbour-joining condensed tree using the Tamura-Nei model for 16S rDNA mitochondrial sequences of all Neotropical (exclusive and non-exclusive) species of Ixodes deposited in GenBank and for Nearctic species usually found on Cricetidae, with species of Argasidae (Ornithodoros moubata and Otobius megnini) as outgroups. Numbers on the branches represent bootstrap support (more than 70 %) generated from 1,000 replications. Codes following each species name correspond to GenBank accession numbers. Names in bold indicate ticks often found on Cricetidae different to Sigmodontinae in the Nearctics and Neotropics. Names underlined indicate ticks often found on Sigmodontinae.