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Rhipicephalus camelopardalis n.sp. (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae), a new species of tick from East African giraffes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Jane B. Walker
Affiliation:
East African Veterinary Research Organization, P.O. Box 32, Kikuyu, Kenya Colony
A. J. Wiley
Affiliation:
Veterinary Research Laboratory, Kabete, Kenya Colony

Extract

Among the ticks collected by Major E. W. Temple-Boreham from a giraffe at the Talek River, Cis-Mara area of W. Masai, Kenya, in October 1955, were eleven males and eight females which represent an undescribed species of the genus Rhipicephalus. Another female was collected by W. A. Hilton from a giraffe near mile 70 south of Arusha on the Great North Road, Tanganyika, on 10 July 1956, and G. H. Swynnerton collected three males from a giraffe at Nkonko, S. Manyoni district, Tanganyika, on 29 September 1958. The following is a description of these specimens.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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