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As explained in the introduction to this work, host analyses were performed using data for tick species where the natural hosts of larvae, nymphs and adults (either or both sexes), as well as descriptions of these stages, are known. Species whose larvae and/or nymphs are known only from laboratory-reared specimens, as well as species whose adults are known only from molted nymphs, were excluded from our analysis. Provisionally valid hosts were also excluded. A first analysis scored host utilization in absolute terms; that is, just one collection from an identified host was sufficient to include that host in the range of hosts for a particular species. A second analysis was performed excluding these exceptional hosts.
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Guglielmone, A.A., Robbins, R.G., Apanaskevich, D.A., Petney, T.N., Estrada-Peña, A., Horak, I.G. (2014). Hosts. In: The Hard Ticks of the World. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7497-1_24
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