STUDIES ON THE GENUS IXODES IN CHINA (ACARI: IXODIDAE)

The present paper deals with nine species of the genus Ixodes in China. Among them Inxdes (Pholeoixodes) myospalaeis is described as new to science, and 1 (Ixodes) spinicoxalis Neumann and Z. (I.) kashmiricus Pomerantzev are recorded for the first time from this country. A key to the twenty Chinese known species of the genus Ixodes is provided in the Chinese text.Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) myospalacis sp. nov.Female (figs. 1-5): Closely allied to Ixodes (Pholeonodes)kaiseri Arthur, but auriculae of basis capituli distinct and ridgelike, coxae I with short internal spurs, and cornuae short and stout, whereas in I. (P.) kaiseri auriculae, internal spurs of coxae I and cornuae lacking.Male: Unknown.Holotype ♀ and paratype 1 nymph collected from Pingliang County (35°30'N, 106°40'E), Gansu Provinee, July 12, 1978, off Myospalax fontanieri Milne-Edwards. Deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Academia, Sinica.Ixodes (Ixodes) spinicoxalis NeumannNew record from China. 19, from Chong-an County (27°45'N, 118°02'E), Fujian Province, May 1963, off Mustela sibirica, Pallas.Ixodes (Ixodes) kashmiricus PomerantzevNew record from China. 1 ♀, from Bomi County (29°50'N, 95°55'B), Xizang Autonomous Begion, Oct. 1973, off cattle (Bos taurus domestica×Poephagus gruniens).Some notes on 7. (Ixodes) hyatti Clifford, Hoogstraal et Kohls (=I. ochotonarius Teng),I. (J.) moschiferi Nemenz (=I. rangtangensis Teng), I. (I.) mosckarius Teng, I. (I.) tmuki Saito, I. (Partipalpiger) ovatus Neumann (=I. taiwanensis Sugimoto; =I. shinckikuensis Sugimoto) and I. (Scaphixodes) semenovi Olenev are also given in the Chinese text.