Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019
Author
Guglielmone, Alberto A.
0000-0001-5430-2889
guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar
Author
Petney, Trevor N.
0000-0002-9135-4546
trevor.petney@smnk.de
Author
Robbins, Richard G.
0000-0001-5430-2889
guglielmone.alberto@inta.gob.ar
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-05
4871
1
1
322
journal article
7890
10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1
344f8a86-21a1-428e-ae4f-01ea6082254a
1175-5326
4423340
C21A719F-9A6B-4227-8386-1AFA22620614
130.
Ixodes loveridgei
Arthur, 1958c
.
An Afrotropical species known only to parasitize
Rodentia
:
Nesomyidae
.
M:
Arthur (1958c)
F:
Arthur (1958c)
N:
Arthur (1958c)
L:
unknown
Redescriptions
M:
Arthur (1965)
F:
Arthur (1965)
N:
Arthur (1965)
Note:
Arthur (1965) states (page 199) that
Ixodes loveridgei
is known only from the
holotype
female and a male specimen, but
Arthur (1958c)
had earlier described the nymph (a specimen with a damaged dorsum) and this description is repeated in Arthur (1965, pages 197, 198).