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New species of ticks (Haemaphysalis, Amblyomma)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2009
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The follwing descriptions relate to two new species of the genera Haemaphysalis and Amblyomma, respectibely, and to a new variety of Amblyomma variegatum:
Haemaphysalis silacea sp. n. ♀, from South Africa (370).
Amblyomma variegatum var. n. nocens, ♂, from South Africa (371).
Amblyomma fiebrigi sp. n. ♂ and ♀, from South America (6).
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1 These figures refer to numbers in W. F. Cooper's collection.
2 The descriptive nomenclature of the ornamentation used above, is based on that prescribed by Dönitz, W. (1909), “Über das Zeckengenus Amblyomma,” Sitzungsber. d. Gesellsch. naturforich. Freunde, No. 8Google Scholar, and Dönitz, W. (1909), “Die Zecken Südafrikas,” Schultze, Forschungsreise, iv. (3), Jenaische Denkschr., xvi.Google Scholar
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