| a new ixodes species (acari: ixodidae), parasite of shrew tenrecs (afrosoricida: tenrecidae) in madagascar. | abstract : a new tick species belonging to the african subgenus afrixodes morel, 1966 of the genus ixodes latreille, 1795, namely, ixodes (afrixodes) microgalei n. sp., is described. females of this species are most similar to those of ixodes colasbelcouri arthur, 1957 and ixodes nesomys uilenberg & hoogstraal, 1969. the female of the new species can easily be differentiated from i. colasbelcouri by a short spur on coxae iv, and from i. nesomys by longer spurs on coxae i and large punctations o ... | 2013 | 23901784 |
| multiple loci and complete taxonomic sampling resolve the phylogeny and biogeographic history of tenrecs (mammalia: tenrecidae) and reveal higher speciation rates in madagascar's humid forests. | the family tenrecidae (tenrecs) is one of only four extant terrestrial mammal lineages to have colonized and diversified on madagascar. over the last 15 years, several studies have disagreed on relationships among major tenrec lineages, resulting in multiple reinterpretations of the number and timing of historical transoceanic dispersal events between africa and madagascar. we reconstructed the phylogeny of tenrecidae using multiple loci from all recognized extant species and estimated divergenc ... | 2016 | 27103169 |