Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of the Mexican spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys irroratus Gray (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in Mexico

Dmitry A. Apanaskevich; Kennedy G. Bunn

doi:10.1007/s11230-025-10245-9

Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of the Mexican spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys irroratus Gray (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in Mexico

Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Kennedy G. Bunn

Biology

Georgia Southern University

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Abstract

Ixodes (Ixodes) zacatecon. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae) is described based on females ex the Mexican spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys irroratus Gray (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) from Mexico. Females of this new species are different from all other species of the subgenus Ixodes Latreille, 1795 from the Americas by the development of lateral carinae and punctations on scutum, length of alloscutal setae, shape and size of auriculae, development and size of spurs on coxae and lack of syncoxae.

Original language	English
Article number	46
Journal	Systematic Parasitology
Volume	102
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-025-10245-9
State	Published - Jul 19 2025

Keywords

Animals
Female
Ixodes/anatomy & histology
Mexico
Species Specificity

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Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae), parasite of the Mexican spiny pocket mouse, Heteromys irroratus Gray (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in Mexico

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