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Notes on Ticks. III

On four new Species of Ixodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

G. H. F. Nuttall  and
N. Cuncliffe
G. H. F. Nuttall
Affiliation:
(From the Quick Laboratory, University of Cambridge.)
N. Cuncliffe
Affiliation:
(From the Quick Laboratory, University of Cambridge.)
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The new species herein described are of interest, although we can only deal with females, as is so frequently the case with this genus. One species (I. kempi), allied to the North American I. angustus, comes from a hitherto unexplored region on the north-east frontier of India, having been collected by the Abor Expedition. Two species (I. daveyi and I. oldi) are from Africa, and offer a peculiarity of structure in that they possess anal grooves having the form of a horse-shoe, an appearance only hitherto observed in three other species of Ixodes, all of which are African. The fourth species (I. ricinoides) is from China, and is allied to our I. ricinus:

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , July 1913 , pp. 131 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1913

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References

1 Named after the collector.Google Scholar

1 The largest partly gorged specimen measures 7·1 × 5·3 mm. The scutums of the 8 ♀ s measured as follows:Google Scholar

2 In one specimen the sides are sub-parallel, the lateral angles being absent.Google Scholar

1 Named after Dr J. B. Davey, late of the Sleeping Sickness Commission, who has collected much valuable material and aided us in our investigations.Google Scholar

1 Named after Dr J. S. S. Old, who has greatly aided us with material from Africa.Google Scholar

2 The scutuma of 8 ♀ s measured 0·9 × 0·8 mm., the remaining 6 measured 1 × 0·8 mm.Google Scholar

1 So named because of its general resemblance to I. ricinus.Google Scholar

1 The scutum measured as follows in the 5 ♀ s:Google Scholar