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Ixodes diomedeae Arthur 1958

Description

68. Ixodes diomedeae Arthur, 1958d.

Found on an island in the Atlantic Ocean, Ixodes diomedeae is known only to parasitize Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae.

M: unknown

F: Arthur (1958d)

N: unknown

L: unknown

Redescription

F: Arthur (1965)

Note: Ixodes diomedeae is known only from the holotype, which was originally identified as Ixodes rothschildi by Zumpt (1952).

Notes

Published as part of Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, pp. 1-322 in Zootaxa 4871 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4423340

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ixodidae
Genus
Ixodes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ixodida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Arthur
Species
diomedeae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ixodes diomedeae Arthur, 1958 sec. Guglielmone, Petney & Robbins, 2020

References

  • Arthur, D. R. (1958 d) A review of some ticks (Acarina: Ixodidae) of sea birds, including a consideration of other cognate material. I. Parasitology, 48, 124 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0031182000021120
  • Zumpt, F. (1952) The ticks of sea birds. Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition Reports, Series B, Zoology, 1, 12 - 20.