Ixodes lunatus Neumann, 1907d

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 : 44

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scientific name	Ixodes lunatus Neumann, 1907d
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132. Ixodes lunatus Neumann, 1907d View in CoL .

An Afrotropical species whose females are usually found on Afrosoricida : Tenrecidae , but they have also been recovered from Rodentia : Nesomyidae . There are no records of Ixodes lunatus causing human parasitism.

M: unknown

F: Neumann (1907d)

N: unknown

L: unknown

Redescriptions

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Arthur (1957b, 1965), Uilenberg et al. (1979)

Note: see Ixodes colasbelcouri for its confusion with Ixodes lunatus .

References

Arthur, D. R. (1957 b) Re-description of Ixodes lunatus Neumann, 1907 and of a new species confused therewith, from Madagascar. Journal of Parasitology, 43, 474 - 483. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3274679

Neumann, L. G., (1907 d) Quatre especes nouvelles d'ixodides. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 29, 88 - 100.

Nuttall, G. H. F. & Warburton, C. (1911) Ticks. A monograph of the Ixodoidea. Part II. The Ixodidae. Section II. Genus I. Ixodes Latreille 1795. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 133 - 293. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 24075

Uilenberg, G., Hoogstraal. H. & Klein, J. M. (1979) Les tiques (Ixodoidea) de Madagascar et leur role vecteur. Archives de l'Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Numero Special, 153 pp.