157. Ixodes nchisiensis Arthur, 1958c .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages, including the undescribed nymph, are usually found on Soricomorpha: Soricidae; adults and nymphs have been recovered from Rodentia: Muridae; adults alone have been collected from Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae . There are no records of Ixodes nchisiensis causing human parasitism.

M: Arthur (1958c)

F: Arthur (1958c)

N: undescribed

L: Morel (1966b); see note below

Redescriptions

M: Arthur (1965), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

F: Arthur (1965), Keirans et al. (1982), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

L: none

Note: Kolonin (2009) lists the larva of Ixodes nchisiensis as undescribed. See also Ixodes oldi for a discussion of the problems involved in morphologically identifying the species constituting the oldi group, to which Ixodes nchisiensis belongs.