Abstract
Argas (Argas) lowryae n. sp. is described from nymphs and larvae taken from kestrels, Falco cenchroides Vigors and Horsfield, from adults reared from some of these nymphs, and from nymphal and adult specimens found on walls near the entrances of large underground caves in which the kestrels breed in the Nullarbor region of Western Australia. Each postembryonic stage is easily distinguished from those of A. (A.) falco Kaiser and Hoogstraal and A. (A.) lagenoplastis Froggatt, the only other members of this subgenus known from Australia, and from related species in Asia, Europe, Africa, and America. The host, F. cenchroides, is also parasitized by A. (A.) falco in Western Australia but in a habitat and ecological environment (cliff ledges in the semiarid mulga zone) differing from that of A. (A.) lowryae.
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