Arvicanthis abyssinicus nubilans

Robbins, Richard G., Nava, Santiago, Ronai, Isobel, Chong, Kaylin L. & Guglielmone, Alberto A., 2025, Type specimens of the world’s hard tick species (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae): collection data and depositories for all valid names and the current status of invalid names, Zootaxa 5606 (1), pp. 1-287 : 218

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D0851EDA-FE18-4F87-9245-B108786B22F4
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scientific name	Arvicanthis abyssinicus nubilans
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Type host: Arvicanthis abyssinicus nubilans thompsoni Arthur, 1955 , Ixodes

Arthur, D. R. (1955) New species of ticks ( Ixodes ) associated with small mammals. Parasitology, 45, 131–140. Type depositories: BMNH: holotype?, paratype? (female) ( Keirans & Hillyard 2001)

Type locality: Lundy Island , England, Great Britain

Type host: cat

Current status: a synonym of Ixodes ventalloi ( Gilot & Pérez 1978, Camicas et al. 1978).

Comments: Arthur (1955) stated that Ixodes thompsoni was described from three females (holotype and paratypes) deposited in the G.B. Thompson Collection, but Keirans & Hillyard (2001) found two specimens in a vial deposited in the BMNH, one of them identified as Ixodes ricinus , it being unclear whether the remaining female is the original holotype or a paratype.