The genus Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) in China with three new record species

Yu Guo; Yi Sun; Rongman Xu

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The genus Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) in China with three new record species

Yu Guo , Yi Sun and Rongman Xu

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From the journal Acta Parasitologica Volume 61 Issue 4

Abstract

Total 24 valid species belongs to 6 subgenera in genus Ixodes had been documented in China. Of them, Eschatocephalus (2 species), Scaphixodes (2 species); Partipalpiger (1 species), Pholeoixodes (3 species) Ixodiopsis (1 species) and the largest subgenus Ixodes (15 species) were involved. Fortunately, we found another 3 new record species, namely I. (Ixodes) apronophorus Schulze, 1924, I. (Ixodes)pavlovskyi Pomerantzav, 1946 and I. (Trichotoixodes) frontalis (Panzer, 1798), from the specimens deposited in medical entomology gallery of China, which increase a new subgenus Trichotoixodes to the tick fauna in China. In the present paper, the taxonomy characteristics of the new record species were described briefly based on the specimens examined and keys to the genus Ixodes were also updated.

Keywords: Ixodes; China; Ixodes frontalis; Ixodes pavlovskyi; Ixodes apronophorus

Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Prof. Karen McCoy for reviewing the manuscript. The study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. 2006FY120100) and National Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 30400364 and 30872196).

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Received: 2015-5-5

Revised: 2016-5-23

Accepted: 2016-6-13

Published Online: 2016-10-24

Published in Print: 2016-12-1

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Ixodes; China; Ixodes frontalis; Ixodes pavlovskyi; Ixodes apronophorus