Okapia johnstoni (P. L. Sclater, 1901)

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 : 157

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
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scientific name	Okapia johnstoni
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Type host: Okapia johnstoni View in CoL oldi Nuttall, 1913 , Ixodes

Nuttall, G.H.F. (1913) Notes on ticks. III. On four new species of Ixodes . Parasitology, 6, 131–138.

Type depository: BMNH: a lectotype (male) and paralectotypes (females) were designated by Keirans & Brewster (1981)

Type locality: “Komatendu,” Sierra Leone

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Giraffidae
Genus	Okapia

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