Ixodes lewisi Arthur, 1965

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130. Ixodes lewisi Arthur, 1965 .

Afrotropical: 1) Kenya, 2) Malawi, 3) Tanzania, 4) Zambia ( Clifford & Walker 1966, Colbo 1973, Walker 1974, Keirans 1985 b, Matthysse & Colbo 1987, Tandon 1991).

Ixodes lewisi had been widely confused with Ixodes pilosus and, to a lesser extent, with Ixodes schillingsi and Ixodes rasus prior to its description by Arthur (1965), as discussed in Walker (1974).

Yeoman & Walker (1967) did not recognize Ixodes lewisi as a Tanzanian tick, but there are several records from this country in Clifford & Walker (1966) that are regarded as valid here. Kolonin (2009) did not recognize the presence of Ixodes lewisi in Malawi, but its presence in that country is based on Keirans (1985b), who reclassified as Ixodes lewisi a female of Ixodes pilosus from Malawi.

Matthysse & Colbo (1987) listed one bona fide record of Ixodes lewisi from Uganda, on an imported sheep; consequently, Uganda is excluded from the range of this tick.