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Ixodes chacoensis Nava & Beati & Venzal & Durden & Bermudez & Tarragona & Mangold & Gleason & Mastropaolo & Guglielmone 2023

  • 1. Instituto de Investigaciòn de la Càdena Làctea (IDICAL, INTA-CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estaciòn Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela (INTA E. E. A. Rafaela), Ruta 34 Km 227, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina. & Santiago Nava, Ruta 34 km 227, CP 2300 Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina. Tel.: + 54 03492440121 +
  • 2. United States National Tick Collection, Institute for Coastal Plain, Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4848 - 9701
  • 3. Laboratorio de Vectores y Enfermedades Transmitidas, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Rivera 1350, 50000 Salto, CP, Uruguay. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4633 - 7456
  • 4. Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7382 - 6319
  • 5. Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, Panama. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1830 - 3133
  • 6. Instituto de Investigaciòn de la Càdena Làctea (IDICAL, INTA-CONICET), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Estaciòn Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela (INTA E. E. A. Rafaela), Ruta 34 Km 227, Rafaela, Santa Fe, Argentina.
  • 7. Georgia Southern Museum, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA. https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0007 - 7289 - 046 X
  • 8. Zoologische Staatssammlung München, München, Germany. https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0008 - 1957 - 7324

Description

Ixodes chacoensis n. sp. Nava, Beati, Venzal and Guglielmone

Type locality. ARGENTINA, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province.

Type material. Holotype ♀, allotype ♂, ex vegetation, collected 26 May 2016, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province, Argentina, by S. Nava, deposited in the U.S. National Tick Collection (USNMENT1786415), Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, United States; 1 paratype ♀, 1 paratype ♂, ex vegetation, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province, Argentina (INTA 2390); 2 paratype nymphs, ex vegetation, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province, Argentina (INTA2529); 2 paratype ♀♀ 2 paratype ♂♂, ex vegetation, Parque Provincial Pampa del Indio (26°16′S, 59°58′W), Chaco Province, Argentina (INTA2387); 10 paratype larvae, ex vegetation, Reserva El Bagual (26°18´S, 58°48´W), Formosa Province, Argentina (INTA2530).

Other material of Ixodes chacoensis examined from Argentina. 4♀♀ 1♂ ex vegetation, Parque Provincial Pampa del Indio (26°16′S, 59°58′W), Chaco Province (INTA 2388); 3♀♀ 4♂♂ ex vegetation, Reserva El Bagual (26°18´S, 58°48´W), Formosa Province (INTA 2391); 2♂♂ ex vegetation, Parque Nacional Río Pilcomayo (25°03′S, 58°08′W), Formosa Province (INTA 2389); 4♀♀ 1♂ ex Subulo gouazoubira 1, La Verde (27°07′S 59°22′W), Chaco Province (INTA 2393); 6♀♀ 2♂♂ ex S. gouazoubira, Ruta 11 (27º35´S 59º11´W), Chaco Province (INTA 2394); 1♀ ex S. gouazoubira, Estancia Legua 40 (27º02´S 59º17´W), Chaco Province (INTA 2392); 2♀♀ ex cattle, La Criolla (30°14’ 60°22’), Santa Fe Province (INTA 2502); 1 nymph, ex Tachyphonus rufus, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2439); 1 nymph 1 larva, ex Turdus rufiventris, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2440); 1 larva, ex Basileuterus culicivorus, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2441); 1 nymph 1 larva, ex Turdus amaurochalinus, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province, Argentina (INTA2442); 1 nymph 1 larva, ex Campylorhamphus trochilirostris, Parque Nacional Mburucuya (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2445); 1 nymph, ex Troglodytes aedon, Parque Nacional Mburucuya (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2446); 1 larva, ex Arremon flavirostris, Parque Nacional Mburucuya (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2444).

1 Previously named as Mazama gouazoubira (see Bernegossi et al. 2022).

ZooBank registration: Details of the new species have been submitted to ZooBank (http://zoobank.org/).

The Life Science Identifier (LSID) for the new name Ixodes chacoensis is 00CB6A0F-7DF0-4E5C-83F2F5CAAF68CC02.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the type locality, Parque Nacional Chaco, Argentina.

Notes

Published as part of Nava, Santiago, Beati, Lorenza, Venzal, Jose M., Durden, Lance A., Bermudez, Sergio E., Tarragona, Evelina L., Mangold, Atilio J., Gleason, Debbie, Mastropaolo, Mariano & Guglielmone, Alberto A., 2023, Description of two new species in the Ixodes ricinus complex from the New World (Acari: Ixodidae), and redescription of Ixodes affinis Neumann, 1899, pp. 53-73 in Zootaxa 5361 (1) on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10150271

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References

  • Bernegossi, A. M., de Souza Borges, C. H., Sandoval, E. D. P., Cartes, J. L., Cernohorska, H., Kubickova, S., Vozdova, M., Caparroz, R., Gonzalez, S. & Barbanti Duarte, J. M. (2022) Resurrection of the genus Subulo Smith, 1827 for the gray brocket deer, with designation of a neotype. Journal of Mammalogy, gyac 068. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmammal / gyac 068