Ixodes lewisi Arthur, 1965

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, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 42

126. Ixodes lewisi Arthur, 1965 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae ; the undescribed larva and nymph have also been collected from Bovidae ; adults alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla : Giraffidae , Carnivora : Canidae and Felidae , and Hyracoidea : Procaviidae . There are no records of Ixodes lewisi causing human parasitism.

M: Arthur (1965)

F: Arthur (1965)

N: undescribed; see note below

L: undescribed

Redescriptions

M: Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

F: Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) state that the nymph of Ixodes lewisi is described, but no formal description of this stage exists.