TY - JOUR
T1 - 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
AU - Apanaskevich, Dmitry A.
AU - Drew, Carley E.
AU - Pienaar, Ronel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2025.
PY - 2025/8/27
Y1 - 2025/8/27
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105014196212
U2 - 10.1007/s11230-025-10248-6
DO - 10.1007/s11230-025-10248-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105014196212
SN - 0165-5752
VL - 102
JO - Systematic Parasitology
JF - Systematic Parasitology
IS - 5
M1 - 53
ER -