title: Contribution to the knowledge of Ixodidae ticks of wild mammals of Somalia.
abstract: This study was based on material collected in 1983-1984 from wild mammals of the Middle Scebeli. Low Scebeli and Bay Regions of Somalia. A total of 292 specimens (156 males, 65 females, 70 nymphase, 1 larva) from 13 host species were examined. The following species of ixodidae were identified. Amblyomma variegatum (Fabricius, 1794); Haemaphysalis calcarata Neumann, 1902; Haemaphysalis spinulosa Neumann, 1906; Rhipicephalus armatus Pocock, 1900; Rhipicephalus pravus Donitz, 1910; Rhipicephalus pulchellus Gerastcker, 1873; Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806); Rhipicephalus simus Koch, 1844. H. spinulosa was found throughout the majority of host species (10 mammalian species).
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Parassitologia, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iori
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lanfranchi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manilla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D008322:Mammals / Q000469:parasitology*; D012998:Somalia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013987:Ticks / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development; D014345:Trypanosoma