Ixodes muniensis Arthur and Burrow, 1957

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 48

150. Ixodes muniensis Arthur and Burrow, 1957 .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages have been found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , Carnivora : Canidae and Herpestidae , and Rodentia : Nesomyidae ; adults and larvae have been collected from Carnivora : Felidae ; adults alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla : Giraffidae and Suidae , and Carnivora : Viverridae ; immature stages have been found on Hyracoidea : Procaviidae , Primates : Hominidae , Rodentia : Gliridae , Muridae and Sciuridae , and Galliformes : Numididae ( Matthysse & Colbo 1987, Guglielmone et al. 2014). Ixodes muniensis is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Arthur and Burrow (1957)

F: Arthur and Burrow (1957)

N: Arthur and Burrow (1957)

L: Arthur and Burrow (1957)

Redescriptions

M: Arthur (1965), Elbl and Anastos (1966b), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

F: Arthur (1965), Elbl and Anastos (1966b), Matthysse and Colbo (1987)

N: Arthur (1965)

L: Arthur (1965), Morel (1966b), Sénevet and Ripert (1967a)