| abstract | Ixodes calcarhebes n.sp. is described on the basis of a single female from Praomys natalensis in Zambia. It falls into the group of ticks in which palpal segment 1 bears a dorsal projection. The spur in I. calcarhebes is broadly rounded and is thus distinguished from I. spinae and I. heinrichi, the two other species in the group, which both have a pointed spur. |