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Ixodes affinis Neumann 1899

  • 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 affinis Neumann, 1899

Material examined. COSTA RICA: 3♀♀ ex Leopardus pardalis (USNMENT985399): these ticks correspond to the original material used by Neumann (1899) to describe I. affinis, and it is labeled as “ Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, Felis pardalis, U.S. Nat. Mus. Coll. Marx, No. 41-2”; 3♀♀ 2♂♂ ex Odocoileus virginianus (USNMENT985448); 2♂♂ ex horse, Guanacaste (USNMENT985400); 1♂, Guanacaste (USNMENT985389). All the females correspond to semi-engorged specimens.

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 page 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10150271

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References

  • Neumann, L. G. (1899) Revision de la famille des ixodides (3 e memoire). Memoires de la Societe Zoologique de France, 12, 107 - 294.