Redescription of the male of Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on specimens from Sardinia (Italy)

Parasite

and F. Usai²  L. Stancampiano²  V. Seu¹  C. Palmas¹  C. Contini¹ 

[1] Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell’Ambiente, Macrosezione Biomedica, Università di Cagliari,Italy;Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Veterinarie, Università di Bologna,Italy

关键词: Sardinia;    male;    description;    Ixodes festai;    Ixodidae;   

Others  :  808857
DOI  :  doi:10.1051/parasite/2011183235

 received in 2011-01-11, accepted in 2011-04-20,  发布年份 2011

【 摘 要 】

Ixodes festai Rondelli, 1926 is a poorly known bird parasite tick. Its immature forms have not been described yet, while the adult forms only insufficiently, especially the male. In this note the presence of the male of Ixodes festai for the first time in Sardinia (Italy) is reported and a detailed redescription is provided. Morphometric data as well as photographs performed both with optical and electron microscope (ESEM FEI Quanta 200) are also shown.

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