Lemur catta, Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 127

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5606.1.1
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scientific name	Lemur catta
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Type host: Lemur catta View in CoL lemuris Arthur, 1958 , Ixodes

Arthur, D.R. (1958) The Ixodes schillingsi group: ticks of Africa and Madagascar parasitic on primates, with descriptions of two new species (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae ). Parasitology, 47, 544–559.

Type depository: BMNH?: holotype (female) ( Arthur 1958)

Type locality: Ankafana Forest , East Betaileo, Madagascar

Type host: Lemur rufifrons

Comments: according to Keirans & Hillyard (2001), there is no evidence that the holotype of Ixodes lemuris was deposited in the BMNH.