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Ixodes procaviae Arthur and Burrow 1957

Description

186. Ixodes procaviae Arthur and Burrow, 1957.

An Afrotropical species whose adults and nymphs are usually found on Hyracoidea: Procaviidae, while adults alone have been found on Artiodactyla: Suidae. There are no records of Ixodes procaviae causing human parasitism.

M: Arthur and Burrow (1957)

F: Arthur and Burrow (1957)

N: Arthur and Burrow (1957)

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Arthur (1965), Elbl and Anastos (1966b), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

F: Arthur (1965), Elbl and Anastos (1966b), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

N: Arthur (1965)

Note: see Ixodes djaronensis for its alleged confusion with Ixodes procaviae.

Notes

Published as part of Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, pp. 1-322 in Zootaxa 4871 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4423340

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ixodidae
Genus
Ixodes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ixodida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Arthur and Burrow
Species
procaviae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ixodes procaviae and, 1957 sec. Guglielmone, Petney & Robbins, 2020

References

  • Arthur, D. R. & Burrow, C. (1957) The Ixodes rasus group of African ticks with descriptions of four new species (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 116, 493 - 537.
  • Elbl A. & Anastos, G. (1966 b) Ixodid ticks (Acarina, Ixodidae) of Central Africa. Volume II. Genus Ixodes Latreille, 1795. Annales du Musee Royal de l' Afrique Centrale, Serie 8, Sciences Zoologique, 146, 1 - 205.
  • Matthysse, J. G. & Colbo, M. H. (1987) The ixodid ticks of Uganda. Entomological Society of America, College, Park, Maryland, 426 pp.