Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi n. sp. (Acarina: Ixodidae): a tick found aggregating on pre-orbital gland scent marks of the klipspringer in Zimbabwe.

نویسندگان

  • A M Spickett
  • J E Keirans
  • R A Norval
  • C M Clifford
چکیده

Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi n. sp. is described from females and males collected off twigs bearing deposits of intraspecific communication marks secreted by the pre-orbital glands of the klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus and from laboratory-reared immature specimens. One female was also found on a goat. The 4 collections were all from Zimbabwe, 3 of them from Matabeleland South Province and the fourth from Inyanga District, Zimbabwe.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research

دوره 48 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1981