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On some ticks belonging to the genera Aponomma and Amblyomma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

R. J. Whittick
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History)

Extract

A recent accession to the collection of the British Museum (Natural History) contains a number of ticks taken in 1927 from a captive Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) in the Zoological Gardens, London. Figures of the two species of ticks concerned were prepared by Mr A. J. E. Terzi for the late Dr W. L. Sambon who intended to describe them as new but died before he had done so. The two species have since been described by other authors, but Mr Terzi's excellent figures are reproduced here (Figs. 1–4), together with a note on the synonymy of one of the species.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1939

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