Ixodes fynbosensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ixodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Subordo: Ixodida Superfamilia: Ixodoidea

Familia: Ixodidae
Subfamilia: Ixodinae
Genus: Ixodes
Subgenus: Afrixodes
Species: Ixodes fynbosensis

Name

Ixodes fynbosensis Apanaskevich, Horak, Matthee & Matthee, 2010

Type locality: South Africa
Type hosts:
- females have been collected from a domestic dog and a rodent, Rhabdomys pumilio (Sparrman, 1784)
- nymphs and larvae have been collected from R. pumilio (Sparrman, 1784) and unidentified shrews belonging to the Soricidae
Status: valid species

References

Dmitry A Apanaskevich, Ivan G Horak, Conrad A Matthee, Sonja Matthee 2010: A new species of Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) from South African mammals. Journal of Parasitology 97 (3) : 389–398. DOI: 10.1645/GE-2366.1

Links

NCBI link: Ixodes fynbosensis

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