241. Ixodes ugandanus Neumann, 1906 .

An Afrotropical species whose adults and nymphs are usually found on Rodentia: Thryonomyidae; adults and nymphs have also been collected from Carnivora: Viverridae, and Rodentia: Nesomyidae and Thryonomyidae; adults alone have been recovered from Carnivora: Herpestidae, and Primates: Lorisidae; nymphs alone have been found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae . There are no records of Ixodes ugandanus causing human parasitism.

M: Neumann (1906)

F: Neumann (1906)

N: Santos Dias (1952b), under the name Ixodes mossambicensis, a synonym of Ixodes ugandanus

L: Bedford (1934)

Redescriptions

M: Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Arthur (1965)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Santos Dias (1952b, under the name Ixodes mossambicensis), Arthur (1965); see note below

N: Arthur (1965)

L: Arthur (1965)

Note: Matthysse and Colbo (1987) state that females of Ixodes ugandanus collected during their study show important taxonomic differences in coxal spurring in relation to the female of this species described in Arthur (1965). However, Arthur’s (1965) description of the spurring of female Ixodes ugandanus is in agreement with Neumann (1906); therefore, the female of Ixodes ugandanus in Matthysse and Colbo (1987) is of uncertain specific status, and redescriptions by the latter authors are not included in the above lists.