Margaropus wileyi sp. nov. (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae), a new species of tick from the reticulated giraffe

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Walker, Jane B.
Laurence, B.R.

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Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria

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Descriptions are given of the male and female of Margaropus wileyi sp. nov. collected from the reticulated giraffe in Kenya. A key is given to the three species now known in the genus Margaropus and their differential diagnosis is discussed.

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Veterinary medicine

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Walker, JB & Laurence, BR 1973, 'Margaropus wileyi sp. nov. (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae), a new species of tick from the reticulated giraffe’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 13-21.