Publications

Publications

Manuscripts in Progress

Portugal III, J. S., K. Engler, and A. Brown. A review and new records of the native nasute termite Tenuirostritermes cinereus (Blattodea: Termitidae) in Texas, U.S.A.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Portugal, J. S., R. W. Wills, J. Goddard. 2020. Laboratory studies of questing behavior in colonized nymphal Amblyomma maculatum ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology 57:1480-1487.

Goddard, J., M. Allerdice, S. Portugal, G. Moraru, C. Paddock, J. G. King. 2019. What is going on with the genus Dermacentor? Hybridizations, introgressions, oh my! Journal of Medical Entomology.

Portugal, S., M. Allerdice, G. Moraru, J. King, C. Paddock, T. Becker, T. Smith, J. Goddard. 2019. Molecular phylogeny of Dermacentor parumapertus from two locations within its geographical range. Journal of Medical Entomology 56(4):979-983.

Moraru, G., S. Portugal, A. Bednarova, S. McInnis, C. Paddock, T. Becker, T. Smith, Z. Svobodova, J. Goddard. 2018. Morphometric analysis of adult Dermacentor parumapertus from various locations within its geographical range. Journal of Medical Entomology 55(4):871-876. 

Goddard, J., G. Moraru, S. McInnis, S. Portugal, D. Yee, H. Deerman, W. Varnado. 2017. A statewide survey for container-breeding mosquitoes in Mississippi. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 33:229-232.

Goddard, J., M. Allerdice, C. Paddock, J. S. Portugal. 2016. Spotted fever group rickettsiae in immature Amblyomma maculatum from Mississippi (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Entomological Science 51(4):329-331. 

Goddard, J., S. Portugal, K. Mascheck, 2016. Antibody titers to bed bug salivary proteins in chickens from an infested broiler breeder house. Midsouth Entomologist 9:1-4.

Portugal III, J. S., J. Goddard. 2016. Field observations of questing and dispersal by colonized nymphal Amblyomma maculatum. Journal of Parasitology 102(4):481-483.

Portugal, S., J. Goddard. 2016. Seasonality and distribution of immature Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Mississippi: A review and new records. Journal of Entomological Science 51(1):1-8.

Portugal, S., J. Goddard. 2016. Survival of unfed Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs under laboratory conditions for two years. Journal of Entomological Science 51: 98-99.

Yoder, J. A., B. W. Nelson, C. R. Randazzo, J. S. Portugal III, J. Goddard. 2016. Dehydration tolerance in relation to short day length in nonfed Amblyomma maculatum Koch, 1844 ticks (Acari: Ixodidae). International Journal of Acarology 43(2):173-179.

Goddard, J., J. S. Portugal III. 2015. Cutaneous lesions due to bites by larval Amblyomma americanum ticks. JAMA Dermatology 151(12):1373-1375.

Portugal III, J. S., J. Goddard. 2015. Attempts to feed larval Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae) on three different arthropod hosts. Journal of Vector Ecology 40(1):202-204.

Portugal III, J. S., J. Goddard. 2015. Collections of immature Amblyomma maculatum from Mississippi. Systematic and Applied Acarology 20(1):20-24.

Portugal III, J. S., J. Goddard. 2015. Evaluation of human attachment by larval Amblyomma maculatum. Journal of Medical Entomology 53(2):451-453.