Ixodes (Scaphixodes) mitchelli, Robbins & Nava & Ronai & Chong & Guglielmone, 2025
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Ixodes (Scaphixodes) mitchelli |
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Type host: Microperoryctes longicauda View in CoL mitchelli Kohls, Clifford & Hoogstraal, 1970 , Ixodes
Kohls, G.M., Clifford, C.M. & Hoogstraal, H. (1970) Ixodes (Scaphixodes) mitchelli , n. sp. ( Acarina : Ixodidae ), a tick parasitizing pheasants and partridges in high mountains of Nepal. Journal of Medical Entomology, 7, 348– 352.
Type depositories: USNTC: holotype (female) and paratypes (females, a nymph and larvae); FMNH?: paratypes (females and larvae)
Type locality: Uring Chang , northeast of Melinche , south side of Gosainkund Pass, Nuwakot District, Nepal
Type host: Lophophorus lophophorus
Comments: IR visited the FMNH in 2024 and the paratypes were not found there.
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