Ixodes theileri n.sp, with observations on species confused therewith

1 November 1953

journal article
research article
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology

Vol. 43 (3-4) , 239-245
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000018606

Abstract

1. A new species of tick, I. theileri from South Africa, is described. Hitherto it has been collected only from birds.2. Existing descriptions of I. daveyi Nuttall 1913 and I. brunneus Koch 1844 are amplified, and the synonymy of I. frontalis (Panzer, 1795) discussed.3. Diagnostic characters, whereby I. daveyi, I. brunneus, I. frontalis and I. theileri may be separated, are tabulated.

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