Ixodes colasbelcouri Arthur, 1957b

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 : 19

45. Ixodes colasbelcouri Arthur, 1957b .

An Afrotropical species whose adults are usually found on Rodentia : Muridae ; larvae and nymphs have also been collected from Muridae ; adults and larvae have been recovered from Afrosoricida : Tenrecidae ; adults alone have been taken from Rodentia : Nesomyidae . There are no records of Ixodes colasbelcouri causing human parasitism.

M: Colas-Belcour and Grenier (1942), under the name Ixodes lunatus , as explained in Arthur (1957b); see note below

F: Colas-Belcour and Grenier (1942), under the name Ixodes lunatus , as explained in Arthur (1957b); see note below

N: Arthur (1957b)

L: Colas-Belcour and Grenier (1942), under the name Ixodes lunatus ; see note below

Redescriptions

M: Arthur (1957b, 1965), Uilenberg et al. (1979)

F: Arthur (1957b, 1965), Uilenberg et al. (1979)

N: Arthur (1965), Uilenberg et al. (1979)

L: Arthur (1957b, 1965), Sénevet and Ripert (1967a), Uilenberg et al. (1979)

Note: Arthur (1957b) found that Colas-Belcour and Grenier (1942) described a new species, Ixodes colasbelcouri , under the name Ixodes lunatus .