Apanaskevich Dmitry A, Drew Carley E, Pienaar Ronel
United States National Tick Collection, The James H. Oliver, Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460-7982, USA.
Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA.
Syst Parasitol. 2025 Aug 27;102(5):53. doi: 10.1007/s11230-025-10248-6.
Ixodes (Afrixodes) hyracis n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae) is described based on females ex the rock hyrax, Procavia capensis (Pallas) (Hyracoidea: Procaviidae) from South Africa. Females of this new species are similar to those of some other Afrotropical species of the subgenus Afrixodes Morel, 1966 such as I. arebiensis Arthur, 1956, I. euplecti Arthur, 1958, I. lunatus Neumann, 1907 and I. rotundatus Arthur, 1958, from which they can be distinguished by the shape of the apron, length of the anterior projection of the basis capituli, length of the auriculae, and length and shape of spurs on palpal segment I, coxae and trochanters.
南非蹄兔硬蜱新种（Ixodes (Afrixodes) hyracis n. sp.）（蜱螨亚纲：硬蜱科）是根据采自南非蹄兔（Procavia capensis (Pallas)，蹄兔目：蹄兔科）的雌性个体描述的。该新种雌性与非洲亚属（Afrixodes Morel，1966）的其他一些非洲热带物种的雌性相似，如1956年的阿氏硬蜱（I. arebiensis Arthur）、1958年的优氏硬蜱（I. euplecti Arthur）、1907年的新月硬蜱（I. lunatus Neumann）和1958年的圆硬蜱（I. rotundatus Arthur），但可通过盾板形状、假头基前部突起长度、耳状突长度以及须肢第I节、基节和转节上距的长度和形状将它们区分开来。
