| ixodes (afrixodes) matopi n. sp. (acarina: ixodidae): a tick found aggregating on pre-orbital gland scent marks of the klipspringer in zimbabwe. | ixodes (afrixodes) matopi n. sp. is described from females and males collected off twigs bearing deposits of intraspecific communication marks secreted by the pre-orbital glands of the klipspringer oreotragus oreotragus and from laboratory-reared immature specimens. one female was also found on a goat. the 4 collections were all from zimbabwe, 3 of them from matabeleland south province and the fourth from inyanga district, zimbabwe. | 1981 | 7279387 |