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Afrotropical: 1)
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, 5)
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, 6)
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, 7)
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, 8)
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, 9)
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(
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,
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Walker
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBE928FB5B19DFB6D" box="[1210,1267,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
2000
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,
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,
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Horak
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBB028F99B40CFB09" box="[298,354,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
2018
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,
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Ledger
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB82D8F99B750FB09" box="[517,574,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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,
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Sili
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB8908F99B79FFB09" box="[696,753,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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).
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<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBBAEF8FFDB4EEFB25" author="Keirans, J. E." box="[199,384,1230,1257]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="1 - 1785" refId="ref214582" refString="Keirans, J. E. (1985 b) George Henry Falkiner Nuttall and the Nuttall tick catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Miscellaneous Publication, (1438), 1 - 1785. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 65326" type="journal article" year="1985">Keirans (1985b)</bibRefCitation>
found more than ten species of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB8D08FFDB6F6FB25" box="[760,920,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus</emphasis>
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that have been confused with
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<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBED48FFDB5B9FAC0" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus simus</emphasis>
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. Additionally,
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<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBB558FC1B70AFAC0" box="[381,612,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus simus</emphasis>
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had been extensively confused with
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30FEBC7EBBE298FC1B04EFAC1" authorityName="Morel &amp; Vassiliades" authorityYear="1965" box="[1025,1312,1267,1293]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Rhipicephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="muhsamae">
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBE298FC1B04EFAC1" box="[1025,1312,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus muhsamae</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBF7E8FC1B4E1FAFC" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus praetextatus</emphasis>
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prior to the study of
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Pegram
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB8C48E25B649FAFD" box="[748,807,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
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, who provided characters for separating these species. Nevertheless,
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Walker
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBBC18E09B74FFA99" box="[489,545,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
(2000)
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stressed the difficulties involved in morphologically separating adults of the above species, and differentiation of their immature stages is even more problematic, an issue underscored by
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Horak
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(2018)
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,
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and
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<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBE028EB1B05EFA50" box="[1066,1328,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus tricuspis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the list of species whose immature stages can be differentiated from those of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB98B8E95B1E4FA0C" box="[931,1162,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus simus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
only with extreme difficulty. It follows that several supposed records of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB8918EF9B6F1FA28" box="[697,927,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus simus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should be treated with caution. The problems involved in precisely identifying
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30FEBC7EBB8388EDDB796F9C4" authorityName="Koch" authorityYear="1844" box="[528,760,1519,1545]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Rhipicephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simus">
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB8388EDDB796F9C4" box="[528,760,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus simus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
led
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBB9038EDDB161F9C5" author="Walker, J. B. &amp; Keirans, J. E. &amp; Horak, I. G." box="[811,1039,1519,1545]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" refId="ref263510" refString="Walker, J. B., Keirans, J. E. &amp; Horak, I. G. (2000) The genus Rhipicephalus (Acari: Ixodidae): a guide to the brown ticks of the world. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 643 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / CBO 9780511661754" type="book" year="2000">
Walker
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB9AB8EDDB6D3F9C5" box="[899,957,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
(2000)
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to regard the northern limit of this tick as uncertain, and our geographic distribution of
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<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB8CA8D21B6A7F9E0" box="[738,969,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus simus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
should be considered provisional.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B80DB400FEBC7EBBAEF8D05B135F881" blockId="128.[151,1437,1122,1869]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">
Records of this tick in
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBBBE38D05B760F99D" box="[459,526,1591,1617]" name="Egypt" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Egypt</collectingCountry>
are based on specimens collected from imported domestic animals (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBBF3D8D05B5BAF9B9" author="Okely, M. &amp; Chen, Z. &amp; Anan, R. &amp; Gad-Allah, S." pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="811 - 838" refId="ref238447" refString="Okely, M., Chen, Z., Anan, R. &amp; Gad-Allah, S. (2022) Updated checklist of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Egypt, with notes of livestock host and tick-borne pathogens. Systematic &amp; Applied Acarology, 27, 811 - 838. https: // doi. org / 10.11158 / saa. 27.5.1" type="journal article" year="2022">
Okely
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBF4B8D05B0F3F99D" box="[1379,1437,1591,1617]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
2022
</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBBACE8D69B4F2F9B9" author="Iori, A. &amp; Lanfranchi, P. &amp; Manilla, G." box="[230,412,1627,1653]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="571 - 573" refId="ref211111" refString="Iori, A., Lanfranchi, P. &amp; Manilla, G. (1996) Contribution to the knowledge of Ixodidae ticks of wild mammals of Somalia. Parassitologia, 38, 571 - 573." type="journal article" year="1996">
Iori
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBB3C8D69B422F9B9" box="[276,332,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
(1996)
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allegedly collected specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30FEBC7EBB93B8D69B694F9B8" authorityName="Koch" authorityYear="1844" box="[787,1018,1627,1653]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Rhipicephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simus">
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB93B8D69B694F9B8" box="[787,1018,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus simus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBBE348D69B115F9B9" box="[1052,1147,1627,1653]" name="Somalia" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Somalia</collectingCountry>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBBEAD8D69B037F9B9" author="Lynen, G. &amp; Zeman, P. &amp; Bakuname, C. &amp; Di Giulio, G. &amp; Mtui, P. &amp; Sanka, P. &amp; Jongejan, F." box="[1157,1369,1627,1653]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="303 - 319" refId="ref227161" refString="Lynen, G., Zeman, P., Bakuname, C., Di Giulio, G., Mtui, P., Sanka, P. &amp; Jongejan, F. (2007) Cattle ticks of the genera Rhipicephalus and Amblyomma of economic importance in Tanzania: distribution assessed with GIS based on an extensive field survey. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 43, 303 - 319. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 007 - 9123 - 9" type="journal article" year="2007">
Lynen
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBEF98D69B067F9B9" box="[1233,1289,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
(2007)
</bibRefCitation>
listed this tick as found in
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBBB558D4DB48BF955" box="[381,485,1663,1689]" name="Tanzania" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBB8098D4DB663F955" author="Lorusso, V. &amp; Picozzi, K. &amp; de Bronsvoort, B. M. &amp; Majekodunmi, A. &amp; Dongkum, C. &amp; Igweh, A. &amp; Balak, G. &amp; Welburn, S. C." box="[545,781,1663,1689]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="1 - 10" refId="ref226524" refString="Lorusso, V., Picozzi, K., de Bronsvoort, B. M., Majekodunmi, A., Dongkum, C. Igweh, A., Balak, G. &amp; Welburn, S. C. (2013) Ixodid ticks of traditionally managed cattle in central Nigeria: where Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus does not dare (yet?). Parasites &amp; Vectors, 6 (article 171), 1 - 10. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / 1756 - 3305 - 6 - 171" type="journal article" year="2013">
Lorusso
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB8AA8D4DB7D5F955" box="[642,699,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
(2013)
</bibRefCitation>
classified as “
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30FEBC7EBB99A8D4DB1F7F954" authorityName="Koch" authorityYear="1844" box="[946,1177,1663,1689]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Rhipicephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simus">
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB99A8D4DB1F7F954" box="[946,1177,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus simus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group” tick specimens collected in
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBBB0E8D91B413F971" box="[294,381,1699,1725]" name="Nigeria" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
, while
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBBBFB8D91B7ACF971" author="Wahedi, J. A. &amp; Ande, A. T. &amp; Pukuma, M. S. &amp; David, C. &amp; Danladi, T. &amp; Adokwe, J. B." box="[467,706,1699,1725]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="1 - 4" refId="ref262743" refString="Wahedi, J. A., Ande, A. T., Pukuma, M. S., David, C., Danladi, T. &amp; Adokwe, J. B. (2020) A survey of ticks infestation on some domestic animals in Mubi, Adamawa State, Nigeria. European Journal of Biology and Biotechnology, 1 (3), 1 - 4. https: // doi. org / 10.24018 / ejbio. 2020.1.3.25" type="journal article" year="2020">
Wahedi
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB81A8D91B703F971" box="[562,621,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
(2020)
</bibRefCitation>
asserted that
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30FEBC7EBB94C8D91B120F970" authorityName="Koch" authorityYear="1844" box="[868,1102,1699,1725]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Rhipicephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simus">
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB94C8D91B120F970" box="[868,1102,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus simus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
definitely occurs in the lastnamed country.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBBB618DF5B72BF92D" author="Balinandi, S. &amp; Chitimia-Dobler, L. &amp; Grandi, G. &amp; Nakayiki, T. &amp; Kabasa, W. &amp; Bbira, J. &amp; Lutwama, J. J. &amp; Bakkes, D. K. &amp; Malmberg, M. &amp; Mugisha, L." box="[329,581,1735,1761]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="2411 - 2420" refId="ref174530" refString="Balinandi, S., Chitimia-Dobler, L., Grandi, G., Nakayiki, T., Kabasa, W., Bbira, J., Lutwama, J. J., Bakkes, D. K., Malmberg, M. &amp; Mugisha, L. (2020) Morphological and molecular identification of ixodid tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting cattle in Uganda. Parasitology Research, 119, 2411 - 2420. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 00436 - 020 - 06742 - z" type="journal article" year="2020">
Balinandi
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBB958DF5B49AF92D" box="[445,500,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
(2020)
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recorded
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30FEBC7EBB89C8DF5B6F5F92C" authorityName="Koch" authorityYear="1844" box="[692,923,1735,1761]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Rhipicephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simus">
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB89C8DF5B6F5F92C" box="[692,923,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Rhipicephalus simus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBB9958DF5B176F92D" box="[957,1048,1735,1761]" name="Uganda" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Uganda</collectingCountry>
. However, the presence of this tick in
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBBA9B8DD9B464F8C9" box="[179,266,1771,1797]" name="Nigeria" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBBB3D8DD9B41AF8C9" box="[277,372,1771,1797]" name="Somalia" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Somalia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBBB568DD9B488F8C9" box="[382,486,1771,1797]" name="Tanzania" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBBBD88DD9B729F8C9" box="[496,583,1771,1797]" name="Uganda" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Uganda</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBB8548DD9B7ABF8C9" box="[636,709,1771,1797]" name="Kenya" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Kenya</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBB8FB8DD9B6CBF8C9" author="Heylen, D. &amp; Day, M. &amp; Schunack, B. &amp; Fourie, J. &amp; Labuschange, M. &amp; Johnson, S. &amp; Githigia, S. M. &amp; Akande, F. A. &amp; Nzalawahe, J. S. &amp; Tayebwa, D. S. &amp; Aschenborn, O. &amp; Marcondes, M. &amp; Madder, M." box="[723,933,1771,1797]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="1 - 20" refId="ref201687" refString="Heylen, D., Day, M., Schunack, B., Fourie, J., Labuschange, M., Johnson, S., Githigia, S. M., Akande, F. A., Nzalawahe, J. S., Tayebwa, D. S., Aschenborn, O., Marcondes, M. &amp; Madder, M. (2021) A community approach of pathogens and their arthropod vectors (ticks and fleas) in dogs of African Sub-Sahara. Parasites &amp; Vectors, 14 (1) (article 576), 1 - 20. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 13071 - 021 - 05014 - 8" type="journal article" year="2021">
Heylen
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB9048DD9B60AF8C9" box="[812,868,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
2021
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBB9878DD9B108F8C9" author="Peter, S. G. &amp; Kariuki, H. W. &amp; Aboge, G. O. &amp; Gakuya, D. W. &amp; Maingi, N. &amp; Mulei, C. M." box="[943,1126,1771,1797]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="1 - 11" refId="ref242723" refString="Peter, S. G., Kariuki, H. W., Aboge, G. O., Gakuya, D. W., Maingi, N. &amp; Mulei, C. M. (2021) Prevalence of ticks infesting dairy cattle and the pathogens they harbour in smallholder farms in peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya. Veterinary Medicine International, 2021 (article 9501648), 1 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.1155 / 2021 / 9501648" type="journal article" year="2021">
Peter
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB9C78DD9B149F8C9" box="[1007,1063,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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) requires confirmation, and we provisionally exclude these countries from the range of
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB9048C3DB174F8E4" box="[812,1050,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">
<taxonomicName id="4C3FA0C30FEBC7EBB9048C3DB178F8E4" authorityName="Koch" authorityYear="1844" box="[812,1046,1807,1833]" class="Arachnida" family="Ixodidae" genus="Rhipicephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ixodida" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simus">Rhipicephalus simus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Records of this tick from
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBBF158C3DB0F2F8E5" box="[1341,1436,1807,1833]" name="Pakistan" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBBAB78C01B43DF881" author="Aziz, S. &amp; Shah, S. F. &amp; Amin, F. &amp; Khan, M. A. &amp; Ahmad, M." box="[159,339,1843,1869]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="85 - 96" refId="ref174222" refString="Aziz, S., Shah, S. F., Amin, F., Khan, M. A. &amp; Ahmad, M. (2018) Taxonomic study of arthropod pests of livestock in District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences, 16, 85 - 96." type="journal article" year="2018">
Aziz
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBBAF48C01B47BF881" box="[220,277,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
2018
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and others) and
<collectingCountry id="F3289BD00FEBC7EBB8268C01B726F881" box="[526,584,1843,1869]" name="India" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">India</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAEA6B10FEBC7EBB87E8C01B647F881" author="Nataraj, N. &amp; Muthuraman, K. &amp; Ayyanar, E. &amp; Ashokkumar, M. &amp; Kumar, A. &amp; Srinivasan, L. &amp; Devaraju, P." box="[598,809,1843,1869]" pageId="128" pageNumber="129" pagination="627 - 632" refId="ref234012" refString="Nataraj, N., Muthuraman, K., Ayyanar, E., Ashokkumar, M., Kumar, A., Srinivasan, L. &amp; Devaraju, P. (2021) Ectoparasite diversity in pets and livestock from Puducherry, India, International Journal of Acarology, 47, 627 - 632. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 01647954.2021.1968494" type="journal article" year="2021">
Nataraj
<emphasis id="B94B07520FEBC7EBB8998C01B784F881" box="[689,746,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="128" pageNumber="129">et al.</emphasis>
2021
</bibRefCitation>
) also require confirmation.
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