Apanaskevich Dmitry A, Soarimalala Voahangy, Goodman Steven M
United States National Tick Collection, the James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 30460.
J Parasitol. 2013 Dec;99(6):970-2. doi: 10.1645/13-306.1. Epub 2013 Jul 31.
Abstract : A new tick species belonging to the African subgenus Afrixodes Morel, 1966 of the genus Ixodes Latreille, 1795, namely, Ixodes (Afrixodes) microgalei n. sp., is described. Females of this species are most similar to those of Ixodes colasbelcouri Arthur, 1957 and Ixodes nesomys Uilenberg & Hoogstraal, 1969. The female of the new species can easily be differentiated from I. colasbelcouri by a short spur on coxae IV, and from I. nesomys by longer spurs on coxae I and large punctations on its scutum. Ixodes microgalei is known only from the eastern humid forest of Madagascar, specifically in the Province of Antananarivo, where its females have been collected from several species of shrew tenrecs (Afrosoricida, Tenrecidae), namely, Microgale dobsoni Thomas, Microgale parvula Grandidier, and Microgale soricoides Jenkins.
描述了一种隶属于硬蜱属（Ixodes Latreille，1795）非洲亚属阿弗里克硬蜱（Afrixodes Morel，1966）的新蜱种，即小马达加斯加猬硬蜱（Ixodes (Afrixodes) microgalei n. sp.）。该物种的雌性与1957年发现的科拉斯贝库硬蜱（Ixodes colasbelcouri Arthur）和1969年发现的内索鼠硬蜱（Ixodes nesomys Uilenberg & Hoogstraal）的雌性最为相似。新物种的雌性可通过第四对基节上的短距与科拉斯贝库硬蜱区分开来，通过第一对基节上较长的距和盾板上的大刻点与内索鼠硬蜱区分开来。小马达加斯加猬硬蜱仅见于马达加斯加东部湿润森林，具体位于塔那那利佛省，其雌性是从几种麝鼩猬（非洲猬目，猬科），即多布森麝鼩（Microgale dobsoni Thomas）、小麝鼩（Microgale parvula Grandidier）和似鼩麝鼩（Microgale soricoides Jenkins）身上采集到的。
