Ixodes (Endopalpiger) zaglossi, n. sp. from the long-beaked echidna of New Guinea (Acarina, Ixodidae)
1960 - Volume: 2 Issue: 4 pages: 447-452
Keywords
Acari
new species
Ixodes zaglossi
ecology and habits
parasitism
Metastigmata
Zaglossus bruijni (echidna)
Australian region
Polynesia
New Guinea
Abstract
Described is Ixoodes ( Endopalpiger) zaglossi n. sp. off the long-beaked echidna, Zaglossus bruijni, Wissel Lakes, Dutch New Guinea. Holotype female, allotype male, and paratype females deposited in the Australian Museum, Sydney; paratype females also deposited in the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana. The new species is compared with I. (E.) steini Schulze, I. (E.) luxuriosus Schulze, and I. (E.) tasmani Neumann.
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