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A NEW SPECIES OF THE TICK GENUS IXODES (ACARI: IXODIDAE) PARASITIC ON MUSTELIDS (MAMMALIA: CARNIVORA) IN CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Evert E. Lindquist ,
King Wan Wu  and
James H. Redner
Evert E. Lindquist
Affiliation:
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA OC6
King Wan Wu
Affiliation:
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA OC6
James H. Redner
Affiliation:
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA OC6
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Abstract

Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) gregsoni sp.nov. is described from adult females, nymphs, and larvae collected from the boreal forests of eastern Canada on American mink, Mustela vison Schreber, a species of weasel, Mustela sp., and American marten, Martes americana (Turton) (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Its morphological attributes, hosts, and distribution are compared with those of apparently its most closely related species, Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) texanus Banks.

Résumé

Les auteurs décrivent Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) gregsoni sp.nov. à partir de femelles adultes, de nymphes et de larves récoltées dans la forêt boréale de l’est du Canada sur le vison d’Amerique, Mustela vison Schreber, une espèce de belette, Mustela sp., et le martre d’Amerique, Martes americana (Turton) (Carnivora : Mustelidae). Ils comparent ses caractéristiques morphologiques, ses hôtes et sa répartition avec ceux d’ Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) texanus Banks, l’espèce avec laquelle elle serait apparemment le plus étroitement apparentée.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 131 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 151 - 170
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1999

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