Ixodes procaviae Arthur and Burrow, 1957

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 : 58

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scientific name	Ixodes procaviae Arthur and Burrow, 1957
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An Afrotropical species whose adults and nymphs are usually found on Hyracoidea : Procaviidae , while adults alone have been found on Artiodactyla : Suidae . There are no records of Ixodes procaviae causing human parasitism.

M: Arthur and Burrow (1957)

F: Arthur and Burrow (1957)

N: Arthur and Burrow (1957)

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Arthur (1965), Elbl and Anastos (1966b), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

F: Arthur (1965), Elbl and Anastos (1966b), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

N: Arthur (1965)

Note: see Ixodes djaronensis for its alleged confusion with Ixodes procaviae .

References

Arthur, D. R. & Burrow, C. (1957) The Ixodes rasus group of African ticks with descriptions of four new species (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 116, 493 - 537.

Elbl A. & Anastos, G. (1966 b) Ixodid ticks (Acarina, Ixodidae) of Central Africa. Volume II. Genus Ixodes Latreille, 1795. Annales du Musee Royal de l' Afrique Centrale, Serie 8, Sciences Zoologique, 146, 1 - 205.

Matthysse, J. G. & Colbo, M. H. (1987) The ixodid ticks of Uganda. Entomological Society of America, College, Park, Maryland, 426 pp.