Research Center for Parasites & Vectors, College of Veterinary Medicine, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
United States National Tick Collection, the James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA.
Med Vet Entomol. 2022 Dec;36(4):444-455. doi: 10.1111/mve.12582. Epub 2022 May 19.
Ixodes hunanensis n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae), is identified based on the morphological characteristics and molecular biological analyses of males and females ex hog badger, Arctonyx collaris Cuvier (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from China. Adults of this new species are similar to those of other species of the subgenus Pholeoixodes Schulze, 1942, from which they can be distinguished by the shape of basis capituli, development of cornua, size of porose areas, shape, and size of spurs on coxae and phylogenetic analyses of the cox1 and 16S rRNA sequences.
湖南硬蜱新种（蜱螨亚纲：硬蜱科），根据中国猪獾（食肉目：鼬科）的雄性和雌性的形态特征和分子生物学分析确定。该新种的成虫与其他属的 Pholeoixodes Schulze, 1942 相似，可通过头胸部的形状、角的发育、孔区的大小、股节上的刺的形状和大小以及 cox1 和 16S rRNA 序列的系统发育分析来区分。
