Ixodes chacoensis, Nava & Beati & Venzal & Durden & Bermudez & Tarragona & Mangold & Gleason & Mastropaolo & Guglielmone, 2023

Nava, Santiago, Beati, Lorenza, Venzal, Jose M., Durden, Lance A., Bermudez, Sergio E., Tarragona, Evelina L., Mangold, Atilio J., Gleason, Debbie, Mastropaolo, Mariano & Guglielmone, Alberto A., 2023, Description of two new species in the Ixodes ricinus complex from the New World (Acari: Ixodidae), and redescription of Ixodes affinis Neumann, 1899, Zootaxa 5361 (1), pp. 53-73 : 55-56

Ixodes chacoensis n. sp. Nava, Beati, Venzal and Guglielmone

Type locality. ARGENTINA, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province.

Type material. Holotype ♀, allotype ♂, ex vegetation, collected 26 May 2016, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province, Argentina, by S. Nava, deposited in the U.S. National Tick Collection (USNMENT1786415), Georgia Southern University , Statesboro, United States; 1 paratype ♀, 1 paratype ♂, ex vegetation, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province, Argentina ( INTA 2390 ); 2 paratype nymphs, ex vegetation, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province, Argentina ( INTA2529 ); 2 paratype ♀♀ 2 paratype ♂♂, ex vegetation, Parque Provincial Pampa del Indio (26°16′S, 59°58′W), Chaco Province, Argentina ( INTA2387 ); 10 paratype larvae, ex vegetation, Reserva El Bagual (26°18´S, 58°48´W), Formosa Province, Argentina ( INTA2530 ).

Other material of Ixodes chacoensis examined from Argentina. 4♀♀ 1♂ ex vegetation, Parque Provincial Pampa del Indio (26°16′S, 59°58′W), Chaco Province ( INTA 2388 ); 3♀♀ 4♂♂ ex vegetation, Reserva El Bagual (26°18´S, 58°48´W), Formosa Province ( INTA 2391 ) ; 2♂♂ ex vegetation, Parque Nacional Río Pilcomayo (25°03′S, 58°08′W), Formosa Province ( INTA 2389 ); 4♀♀ 1♂ ex Subulo gouazoubira 1, La Verde (27°07′S 59°22′W), Chaco Province ( INTA 2393 ) ; 6♀♀ 2♂♂ ex S. gouazoubira, Ruta 11 (27º35´S 59º11´W), Chaco Province ( INTA 2394 ) ; 1♀ ex S. gouazoubira, Estancia Legua 40 (27º02´S 59º17´W), Chaco Province ( INTA 2392 ) ; 2♀♀ ex cattle, La Criolla (30°14’ 60°22’), Santa Fe Province ( INTA 2502 ); 1 nymph, ex Tachyphonus rufus, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province ( INTA2439 ); 1 nymph 1 larva, ex Turdus rufiventris, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province ( INTA2440 ); 1 larva, ex Basileuterus culicivorus, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province ( INTA2441 ); 1 nymph 1 larva, ex Turdus amaurochalinus, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province, Argentina ( INTA2442 ) ; 1 nymph 1 larva, ex Campylorhamphus trochilirostris, Parque Nacional Mburucuya (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province ( INTA2445 ) ; 1 nymph, ex Troglodytes aedon, Parque Nacional Mburucuya (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province ( INTA2446 ) ; 1 larva, ex Arremon flavirostris, Parque Nacional Mburucuya (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province ( INTA2444 ) .

1 Previously named as Mazama gouazoubira (see Bernegossi et al. 2022).

ZooBank registration: Details of the new species have been submitted to ZooBank (http://zoobank.org/).

The Life Science Identifier (LSID) for the new name Ixodes chacoensis is 00CB6A0F-7DF0-4E5C-83F2F5CAAF68CC02.

Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the type locality, Parque Nacional Chaco, Argentina.