Margaropus winthemi Karsch, 1879a

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 212

3. Margaropus winthemi Karsch, 1879a .

An Afrotropical species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae , and Perissodactyla : Equidae , but they have also been collected from Mammalia (several orders), and Galliformes : Numididae . There are no records of Margaropus winthemi causing human parasitism.

M: Karsch (1879a)

F: Neumann (1907b) , under the name Margaropus lounsburyi , a synonym of Margaropus winthemi

N: Neumann (1907b) , under the name Margaropus lounsbury

L: Bedford (1934); see note below

Redescriptions

M: Neumann (1907b) , under the name Margaropus lounsburyi, Dönitz (1910a) , Hoogstraal (1956a), Arthur (1960a), Gothe (1967), Walker and Laurence (1973), Walker A.R. et al. (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

F: Dönitz (1910a), Hoogstraal (1956a) Arthur (1960a), Gothe (1967), Walker and Laurence (1973), Walker A.R. et al. (2003), Horak et al. (2018)

N: Howard (1908), under the name Margaropus lounsburyi, Gothe (1967)

L: Gothe (1967), Arthur (1975a)

Note: Hoogstraal (1956a) states that the larva and nymph of Margaropus winthemi are undescribed, but no reasons have been found to invalidate the description of the nymph in Neumann (1907b, as Margaropus lounsburyi ) or that of the larva in Bedford (1934).