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The male of Ixodes thompsoni Arthur, 1955

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Don. R. Arthur
Affiliation:
Zoology Department, King's College, University of London

Extract

Ixodes thompsoni was established on three females collected from a cat on Lundy Island (Arthur, 1955). Further collections on Lundy from a cat since that date suggest that the species is relatively common on the Island and we now have the following specimens: cat, Lundy Island, 16. iii. 1955 (1955/81), two females; cat, Lundy Island, 20. iv. 1955 (1955/30), two females with two males in copula; cat, Lundy Island, 31. iii. 1955 (1955/46), five females with four males copulating and one free male.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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