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Rhipicephalus carnivoralis sp.nov. (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae) A new species of tick from East Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Jane B. Walker
Jane B. Walker
Affiliation:
East African Veterinary Research Organization, P.O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya
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A description is given of the male, female, nymph and larva of Rhipicephalus carnivoralis sp.nov., a parasite of carnivores in East Africa, and its affinities within the genus are discussed.

Its developmental periods under laboratory conditions are given and its hosts and distribution in the field are recorded.

The author wishes to thank the Director of the East African Veterinary Research Organization for permission to publish this paper. She is also most grateful to all who made field collections of this species for her; to the British Museum (Natural History), London, for the loan of specimens from their collection; to J. P. J. Ross for the loan of specimens from his collection and to D. W. Brocklesby and K. P. Bailey, who carried out the experiments on the transmission of East Coast fever. Dr G. Theiler, Mr G. H. Yeoman, Mr G. M. Kohls, Dr C. M. Clifford and Dr H. Hoogstraal kindly checked the manuscript before publication and made helpful suggestions. Finally, she would like to thank Professor P. C. C. Garnham and Dr Charles Wilcocks for their advice on the name of this tick.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , February 1966 , pp. 1 - 12
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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