title: Ixodes (Afrixodes) Bakeri Arthur & Clifford, 1961 (Acarina: Ixodidae): description of the male and immature stages from rodents and insectivores and notes on its biology in South Africa.
abstract: The male, nymph and larva of Ixodes (A), bakeri are described and illustrated with line drawings and scanning electron microscope photographs. This species was originally described from 1 female from Otomys sp., Nyika Plateau, Malawi. The present material consists of 28 collections from insectivores and 19 collections from rodents, Van Riebeeck Nature Reserve, Transvaal, plus 1 collection from a rodent in the Jonkershoek Valley, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa. Its biology in South Africa is also discussed.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000469:parasitology; D009758:Nymph / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D051381:Rats / Q000469:parasitology; D012377:Rodentia / Q000469:parasitology*; D012621:Seasons; D012788:Shrews / Q000469:parasitology*; D013019:South Africa; D013987:Ticks / Q000033:anatomy & histology*