78. Ixodes elongatus Bedford, 1929 .

An Afrotropical species whose females and the undescribed larva and nymph have been found on Macroscelidea: Macroscelididae (provisional diagnosis of nymphs and larvae); females alone have been collected from Rodentia: Muridae, and Soricomorpha: Soricidae . There are no records of Ixodes elongatus causing human parasitism.

M: unknown; see note below

F: Bedford (1929)

N: undescribed

L: undescribed

Redescription

F: Arthur (1959, 1965)

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) listed the male of Ixodes elongatus as described, but no description of this stage has been found.