Ixodes (Afrixodes) bakeri Authur & Cliford, 1961 (Acarina : Ixodidae): description of the male and immature stages from rodents and insectivores and notes on its biology in South Africa
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Walker, Jane B.
Clifford, C.M.
Keirans, J.E.
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Published by The Government Printer, Pretoria
Abstract
The male, nymph and larva of Ixodes (A.) bakeri are described and illustrated with line drawings
and scanning electron microscope photographs. This species was originally described from 1 female
from Otomys sp., Nyika Plateau, Malawi. The present material consists of 28 collections from
insectivores and 19 collections from rodents, Van Riebeeck Nature Reserve, Transvaal, plus 1
collection from a rodent in the Jonkershoek Valley, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa.
Its biology in South Africa is also discussed.
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Veterinary medicine
Sustainable Development Goals
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Clifford, CM, Walker, JB & Keirans, JE 1976, 'Ixodes (Afrixodes) bakeri Arthur & Clifford, 1961 (Acarina : Ixodidae): description of the male and immature stages from rodents and insectivores and notes on its biology in South Africa’, The Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 105-111.