Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on I. spinae Arthur, 1958, parasites of the rock hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas) (Hyracoidea: Procaviidae) in South Africa

Dmitry A. Apanaskevich; Carley E. Drew; Ronel Pienaar

doi:10.1007/s11230-025-10248-6

Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on I. spinae Arthur, 1958, parasites of the rock hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas) (Hyracoidea: Procaviidae) in South Africa

Dmitry A. Apanaskevich
, Carley E. Drew
, Ronel Pienaar

Biology

Georgia Southern University
Gertrud Theiler Tick Museum
University of The Free State

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Ixodes (Afrixodes) hyracisn. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae) is described based on females ex the rock hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas) (Hyracoidea: Procaviidae) from South Africa. Females of this new species are similar to those of some other Afrotropical species of the subgenus Afrixodes Morel, 1966 such as I. arebiensis Arthur, 1956, I. euplecti Arthur, 1958, I. lunatus Neumann, 1907 and I. rotundatus Arthur, 1958, from which they can be distinguished by the shape of the apron, length of the anterior projection of the basis capituli, length of the auriculae, and length and shape of spurs on palpal segment I, coxae and trochanters.

Original language	English
Article number	53
Journal	Systematic Parasitology
Volume	102
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-025-10248-6
State	Published - Aug 27 2025

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Description of a new species of Ixodes Latreille, 1795 (Acari: Ixodidae) and notes on I. spinae Arthur, 1958, parasites of the rock hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas) (Hyracoidea: Procaviidae) in South Africa. / Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.; Drew, Carley E.; Pienaar, Ronel.
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