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Redescription of the male ofIxodes festaiRondelli, 1926 (Ixodida: Ixodidae) on specimens from Sardinia (Italy)
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Abstract
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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Two North African Ixodes ticks. I. Kaiseri sp. nov. from Egyptian desert fox cubs; a redescription of the female and a description of the male of I. festai Rondelli, 1926 (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae).
D R ARTHUR (1957)
