Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi n. sp. (Acarina: Ixodidae): A tick found aggregating on pre-orbital gland scent marks of the klipspringer in Zimbabwe

Spickett, A.M.; Keirans, J.E.; Norval, R.A.I.; Clifford, C.M.

Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi n. sp. (Acarina: Ixodidae): A tick found aggregating on pre-orbital gland scent marks of the klipspringer in Zimbabwe

1981

Spickett, A.M. | Keirans, J.E. | Norval, R.A.I. | Clifford, C.M.

Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi n. sp. is described from females and males collected off twigs bearing deposits of intraspecific communication marks secreted by the pre-orbital glands of the klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus and from laboratory-reared immature specimens. One female was also found on a goat. The 4 collections were all from Zimbabwe, 3 of them from Matabeleland South Province and the fourth from Inyanga District, Zimbabwe.

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