Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi, Robbins & Nava & Ronai & Chong & Guglielmone, 2025

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 : 139

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D0851EDA-FE18-4F87-9245-B108786B22F4
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8263FE48-FF4F-429F-FF23-FCF0FACCFBF1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi
status

Treatment

Type host: Syncerus caffer View in CoL matopi Spickett, Keirans, Norval & Clifford, 1981 , Ixodes

Spickett, A.M., Keirans, J.E., Norval, R.A.I. & Clifford, C.M. (1981) Ixodes (Afrixodes) matopi n. sp. ( Acarina : Ixodidae ): a tick found aggregating on pre-orbital gland scent marks of the klipspringer in Zimbabwe. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 48, 23–30.

Type depositories: OVI: holotype (female) and paratypes (males); BMNH and USNTC: paratypes (males and females)

Type locality: Maleme Dam , Rhodes Matopos National Park, Province of Matebeland South, Zimbabwe