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
text
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
132.
Ixodes lunatus
Neumann, 1907d
.
An Afrotropical species whose females are usually found on
Afrosoricida
:
Tenrecidae
, but they have also been recovered from
Rodentia
:
Nesomyidae
. There are no records of
Ixodes lunatus
causing human parasitism.
M:
unknown
F:
Neumann (1907d)
N:
unknown
L:
unknown
Redescriptions
F:
Nuttall and Warburton (1911)
,
Arthur (1957b
, 1965),
Uilenberg
et al.
(1979)
Note:
see
Ixodes colasbelcouri
for its confusion with
Ixodes lunatus
.