Ixodes chacoensis Nava & Beati & Venzal & Durden & Bermudez & Tarragona & Mangold & Gleason & Mastropaolo & Guglielmone 2023
Creators: name: Nava, Santiago
name: Beati, Lorenza
name: Venzal, Jose M.
name: Durden, Lance A.
name: Bermudez, Sergio E.
name: Tarragona, Evelina L.
name: Mangold, Atilio J.
name: Gleason, Debbie
name: Mastropaolo, Mariano
name: Guglielmone, Alberto A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Ixodidae
Ixodes
Ixodes chacoensis

description: Ixodes chacoensis n. sp. Nava, Beati, Venzal and Guglielmone
Type locality. ARGENTINA, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province.
Type material. Holotype ♀, allotype ♂, ex vegetation, collected 26 May 2016, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province, Argentina, by S. Nava, deposited in the U.S. National Tick Collection (USNMENT1786415), Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, United States; 1 paratype ♀, 1 paratype ♂, ex vegetation, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province, Argentina (INTA 2390); 2 paratype nymphs, ex vegetation, Parque Nacional Chaco (26°50′S, 59°40′W), Chaco Province, Argentina (INTA2529); 2 paratype ♀♀ 2 paratype ♂♂, ex vegetation, Parque Provincial Pampa del Indio (26°16′S, 59°58′W), Chaco Province, Argentina (INTA2387); 10 paratype larvae, ex vegetation, Reserva El Bagual (26°18´S, 58°48´W), Formosa Province, Argentina (INTA2530).
Other material of Ixodes chacoensis examined from Argentina. 4♀♀ 1♂ ex vegetation, Parque Provincial Pampa del Indio (26°16′S, 59°58′W), Chaco Province (INTA 2388); 3♀♀ 4♂♂ ex vegetation, Reserva El Bagual (26°18´S, 58°48´W), Formosa Province (INTA 2391); 2♂♂ ex vegetation, Parque Nacional Río Pilcomayo (25°03′S, 58°08′W), Formosa Province (INTA 2389); 4♀♀ 1♂ ex Subulo gouazoubira 1, La Verde (27°07′S 59°22′W), Chaco Province (INTA 2393); 6♀♀ 2♂♂ ex S. gouazoubira, Ruta 11 (27º35´S 59º11´W), Chaco Province (INTA 2394); 1♀ ex S. gouazoubira, Estancia Legua 40 (27º02´S 59º17´W), Chaco Province (INTA 2392); 2♀♀ ex cattle, La Criolla (30°14’ 60°22’), Santa Fe Province (INTA 2502); 1 nymph, ex Tachyphonus rufus, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2439); 1 nymph 1 larva, ex Turdus rufiventris, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2440); 1 larva, ex Basileuterus culicivorus, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2441); 1 nymph 1 larva, ex Turdus amaurochalinus, Parque Nacional Mburucuyá (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province, Argentina (INTA2442); 1 nymph 1 larva, ex Campylorhamphus trochilirostris, Parque Nacional Mburucuya (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2445); 1 nymph, ex Troglodytes aedon, Parque Nacional Mburucuya (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2446); 1 larva, ex Arremon flavirostris, Parque Nacional Mburucuya (26°05′S 58°08′W), Corrientes Province (INTA2444).
1 Previously named as Mazama gouazoubira (see Bernegossi et al. 2022).
ZooBank registration: Details of the new species have been submitted to ZooBank (http://zoobank.org/).
The Life Science Identifier (LSID) for the new name Ixodes chacoensis is 00CB6A0F-7DF0-4E5C-83F2F5CAAF68CC02.
Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the type locality, Parque Nacional Chaco, Argentina.
description: Published as part of Nava, Santiago, Beati, Lorenza, Venzal, Jose M., Durden, Lance A., Bermudez, Sergio E., Tarragona, Evelina L., Mangold, Atilio J., Gleason, Debbie, Mastropaolo, Mariano & Guglielmone, Alberto A., 2023, Description of two new species in the Ixodes ricinus complex from the New World (Acari: Ixodidae), and redescription of Ixodes affinis Neumann, 1899, pp. 53-73 in Zootaxa 5361 (1) on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10150271