Apanaskevich Dmitry A, Tomlinson Jackson A
United States National Tick Collection, The James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460-8042, USA.
Biology Department, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA.
Syst Parasitol. 2019 Nov;96(8):625-657. doi: 10.1007/s11230-019-09875-7. Epub 2019 Aug 22.
Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) bochkovi n. sp., H. (R.) burkinae n. sp., H. (R.) horaki n. sp. and H. (R.) walkerae n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae), are described based on males and females. Adults of H. bochkovi n. sp. were collected from the marsh mongoose, Atilax paludinosus (Cuvier) (Carnivora: Herpestidae) and the spotted-necked otter, Hydrictis maculicollis (Lichtenstein) (Carnivora: Mustelidae) in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia; adults of H. burkinae n. sp. were collected from the rusty-spotted genet, Genetta maculata (Gray), the Haussa genet, Genetta thierryi Matschie (Carnivora: Viverridae) and the Cape hare, Lepus capensis Linnaeus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) in Burkina Faso; adults of H. horaki n. sp. were collected from the Cape dune mole-rat, Bathyergus suillus (Schreber) (Rodentia: Bathyergidae) in South Africa; adults of H. walkerae n. sp. were collected from the striped polecat, Ictonyx striatus (Perry) (Carnivora: Mustelidae), the bat-eared fox, Otocyon megalotis (Desmarest) (Carnivora: Canidae), the aardwolf, Proteles cristata (Sparrman) (Carnivora: Hyaenidae) and the East African spring hare, Pedetes surdaster (Thomas) (Rodentia: Pedetidae) in Kenya. Males and females of these new species can be differentiated from each other and other H. spinulosa-like ticks by their size, pattern of punctations on conscutum/scutum, length of setae, shape and size of genital structures, spiracular plates, basis capituli, dorsal cornua, posterosdorsal and posteroventral spurs of palpal segment II and spur on coxae.
基于雄性和雌性个体，描述了博氏血蜱（Rhipistoma亚属）新种、布基纳法索血蜱（Rhipistoma亚属）新种、霍氏血蜱（Rhipistoma亚属）新种和沃氏血蜱（Rhipistoma亚属）新种（蜱螨亚纲：硬蜱科）。博氏血蜱新种的成虫采自科特迪瓦和利比里亚的沼獴（Atilax paludinosus，Cuvier，食肉目：獴科）和斑颈水獭（Hydrictis maculicollis，Lichtenstein，食肉目：鼬科）；布基纳法索血蜱新种的成虫采自锈斑林狸（Genetta maculata，Gray）、豪萨林狸（Genetta thierryi Matschie，食肉目：灵猫科）和南非的南非野兔（Lepus capensis，Linnaeus，兔形目：兔科）；霍氏血蜱新种的成虫采自南非的开普敦沙丘鼹形鼠（Bathyergus suillus，Schreber，啮齿目：滨鼠科）；沃氏血蜱新种的成虫采自肯尼亚的条纹艾鼬（Ictonyx striatus，Perry，食肉目：鼬科）、蝙蝠耳狐（Otocyon megalotis，Desmarest，食肉目：犬科）、土狼（Proteles cristata，Sparrman，食肉目：鬣狗科）和东非跳兔（Pedetes surdaster，Thomas，啮齿目：跳兔科）。这些新种的雄性和雌性个体可通过其大小、盾板/背板上的刻点模式、刚毛长度、生殖结构的形状和大小、气门板、假头基部、背角、须肢第II节的后背面和后腹面距以及基节距，与彼此以及其他类似尖刺血蜱的蜱类相区分。
