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Ixodes auritulus subsp. zealandicus Dumbleton 1961

  • 1. AgResearch, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Wallaceville, P. O. Box 40063, Upper Hutt, New Zealand, 5140
  • 2. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
  • 3. Mosquito Consulting Services (NZ), P. O. Box 69 - 198, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand
  • 4. Biosecurity Group, AgResearch, Private Bag 4749, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand

Description

Ixodes auritulus zealandicus Dumbleton, 1961

Host(s)

Seabirds: Aptenodytes patagonicus, Eudyptes robustus, Megadyptes antipodes, Eudyptula minor, Diomedea exulans, Diomedea antipodensis antipodensis, Thalassarche melanophris, Pterodroma macroptera gouldi, Pachyptila turtur, Pachyptila vittata, Pachyptila crassirostris, Procellaria cinerea, Puffinus griseus, Puffinus huttoni, Puffinus bulleri, Puffinus carneipes, Pelecanoides urinatrix subspecies, Pelecanoides urinatrix chathamensis, Pelagodroma marina maoriana, Fregetta tropica, Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi, Larus dominicanus dominicanus, Sterna vittata bethunei.

Land birds: Gallirallus australis scotti, Gallirallus australis australis, Coenocorypha aucklandica iredalei, Coenocorypha aucklandica meinertzhagenae, Coenocorypha aucklandica aucklandica, Strigops habroptilus, Nestor meridionalis meridionalis, Philesturnus carunculatus carunculatus.

Mammal: Phocarctos hookeri.

Distribution

World: New Zealand (see introductory discussion).

New Zealand: North and South Islands, Chatham, Antipodes, Auckland and Macquarie Islands.

References: Nuttall (1916); Dumbleton (1953, 1961, 1963, 1973); Roberts (1970, as “ Ixodes auritulus group” or “complex”); Heath (1977, 2010a, as “ Ixodes auritulus group”); Bishop & Heath (1998); Gordon (2010); Cane (2011, last updated 2009).

Notes

Published as part of Heath, Allen C. G., Palma, Ricardo L., Cane, Rachel P. & Hardwick, Scott, 2011, Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae), pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 2995 on page 59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203775

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Biodiversity

References

  • Dumbleton, L. J. (1961) The ticks (Acarina: Ixodoidea) of sea birds in New Zealand waters. New Zealand Journal of Science, 4, 760 - 769.
  • Nuttall, G. H. F. (1916) Notes on ticks. IV. Relating to the genus Ixodes and including a description of three new species and two new varieties. Parasitology, 8, 294 - 337.
  • Dumbleton, L. J. (1953) The ticks (Ixodoidea) of the New Zealand sub-region. New Zealand Cape Expedition Series Bulletin, 14, 1 - 28.
  • Dumbleton, L. J. (1963) A synopsis of the ticks (Acarina: Ixodoidea) of New Zealand. Tuatara, 11, 72 - 78.
  • Dumbleton, L. J. (1973) Additions to the New Zealand tick fauna. Tuatara, 20, 65 - 74.
  • Roberts, F. H. S. (1970) Australian ticks. CSIRO, Melbourne. 267 pp.
  • Heath, A. C. G. (1977) Zoogeography of the New Zealand tick fauna. Tuatara, 23, 26 - 38.
  • Heath, A. C. G. (2010 a) Checklist of ectoparasites of birds in New Zealand: additions and corrections. Surveillance, 37, 12 - 17.
  • Bishop, D. M. & Heath, A. C. G. (1998) Checklist of ectoparasites of birds in New Zealand. Surveillance, 25 (Special Issue), 13 - 31.
  • Gordon, D. P. (ed.) (2010) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Vo l u m e Tw o. Kingdom Animalia - Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. 528 pp.
  • Cane, R. P. (2011) Tick profiles. New Zealand Biosecure Entomology Laboratory http: // www. smsl. co. nz / Services / New + Zealand + BioSecure / Ticks. html (accessed February 2011).