Table 3.

Reference tick strains used in phylogenetic analysis.

Strain Accession Number	Species	Geographical Origin
KU284929	A. trigrinum	Brazil
KU284920	A. triste	Uruguay
KU284864	A. parvitarsum	Argentina
KY676832	R. annulatus	Israel
KY676839	R. australis	South Africa
MF479198	R. evertsi	DRC
AF150043	Boophilus	Jordan
EU921766	R. microplus	Mozambique
KU568502	R. geigyi	Guinea-Bissau
MK332391	R. microplus	Uganda
MG076938	A. maculatum	Mexico
KX377407	A. gemma	Ethiopia
AF150049	A. hebraeum	Zimbabwe
AF031865	R. punctatus	Australia