Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi n. sp. (Acarina: Ixodidae) : a tick found aggregating on pre-orbital gland scent marks of the klipspringer in Zimbabwe

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Spickett, Arthur M.
Keirans, J.E.
Norval, R.A.I.
Clifford, C.M.

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Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria

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Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi n. sp. is described from females and males collected off twigs bearing deposits of intraspecific communication marks secreted by the pre-orbital glands of the klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus and from laboratory-reared immature specimens. One female was also found on a goat. The 4 collections were all from Zimbabwe, 3 of them from Matabeleland South Province and the fourth from Inyanga District, Zimbabwe.

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Veterinary medicine

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Spickett, AM, Keirans, JE, Norval, RAI & Clifford, CM 1981, 'Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi n. sp. (Acarina: Ixodidae) : a tick found aggregating on pre-orbital gland scent marks of the klipspringer in Zimbabwe’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 23-30.