Bat Ticks of the Genus Argas (Ixodoidea: Argasidae). 10. A. (Carios) DEWAE, New Species, from Southeastern Australia and Tasmania.

摘要

Argas (Carios) dewae, new species, is described from adult and immature stages from New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. Recorded hosts are: VESPERTILIONIDAE: Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, Eptesicus pumilus (Gray), Chalinolobus gouldii (Gray), C. dwyeri (Ryan), Pipistrellus tasmaniensis Gould; and RHINOLOPHIDAE: Rhinolophus megaphyllus Gray. Adults and nymphs were taken from houses and a church in which bats rested and from a child in a pram. This parasite is closely related to A. (C.) vespertilionis (Latreille) of Eurasia and Africa and A. (C.) pusillus Kohls of Southeast Asia, but differs greatly from A. (C.) australiensis Kohls and Hoogstraal and A. (C.) daviesi Kaiser and Hoogstraal of Australia. (Author)