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Ixodes acutitarsus

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Ixodes acutitarsus (Karsch, 1880)

Ixodes acutitarsus is a widely distributed Oriental and Palearctic species that has been reported from East, Southeast and South Asia, including Japan, China, India, Tibet and Nepal. In Southeast Asia it is known from Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (Petney and Keirans 1994; Kolonin 2009). It occurs in a variety of habitats and has a high altitudinal range (300-3,500 m above sea level) (Schulze 1939; Clifford et al. 1975; Tanskul et al. 1983; Keirans 1985). Filippova (1977) considers this tick to be a representative of the Indo-Malayan faunistic region.

Ixodes acutitarsus is the largest of the Southeast Asian Ixodes species; indeed, it is the largest known Ixodes in the world. Adults have been collected from medium-sized to large wild and domestic mammals in forested areas, while immatures parasitize smaller mammals (Clifford et al. 1975). There is also a record from birds (Guglielmone et al. 2014). Humans are relatively frequently attacked (Schulze 1939; Clifford et al. 1975; Tanskul et al. 1983; Heath and Hardwick 2011; Chao and Shih 2012).

Kitaoka et al. (1975) provide information on laboratory rearing. The female is described and illustrated in Yamaguti et al. (1971), nymphs and larvae in Clifford et al. (1975).

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Published as part of Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4558 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4558.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2613120

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Karsch
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Ixodida
Family
Ixodidae
Genus
Ixodes
Species
acutitarsus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ixodes acutitarsus (Karsch, 1880) sec. Petney, Boulanger, Saijuntha, Chitimia-Dobler, Pfeffer, Eamudomkarn, Andrews, Ahamad, Putthasorn, Muders, Petney & Robbins, 2019

References

  • Petney, T. N. & Keirans, J. E. (1994) Ticks of the genus Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) in South-east Asia. Tropical Biomedicine, 11, 123 - 134.
  • Kolonin, G. V. (2009) Fauna of ixodid ticks of the world. Sofia, Moscow, unpaginated.
  • Schulze, P. (1939) Zur Zeckenfauna Burmas. Zeitschrift fur Parasitenkunde, 10, 722 - 728. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02122034
  • Clifford, C. M., Hoogstraal, H. & Keirans, J. E. (1975) The Ixodes ticks (Acarina: Ixodidae) of Nepal. Journal of Medical Entomology, 12, 115 - 137. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 12.1.115
  • Tanskul, P. L., Stark, H. E. & Inlao, I. (1983) A checklist of ticks of Thailand (Acari: Metastigmata: Ixodoidea). Journal of Medical Entomology, 20, 330 - 341. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 20.3.330
  • Keirans, J. E. (1985) George Henry Falkiner Nuttall and the Nuttall tick catalogue. Miscellaneous Publication 1438. U. S. D. A., Washington, D. C., vii + 1785 pp.
  • Filippova, N. A. (1977) Ixodid ticks of the subfamily Ixodinae. In: Fauna SSSR. Vol. 4. lzdatel'stvo Nauka, Leningrad, 396 pp.
  • Guglielmone, A. A. & Nava, S. (2014) Names for Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): valid, synonyms, incertae sedis, nomina dubia, nomina nuda, lapsus, incorrect and suppressed names - with notes on confusions and misidentifications. Zootaxa, 3767 (1), 1-256. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3767.1.1
  • Heath, A. C. & Hardwick, S. (2011) The role of humans in the importation of ticks to New Zealand: a threat to public health and biosecurity. Journal of the New Zealand Medical Association, 124, 1 - 6.
  • Chao, L. L. & Shih, C. M. (2012) First report of human biting activity of Ixodes acutitarsus (Acari: Ixodidae) collected in Taiwan. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 56, 159 - 164. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10493 - 011 - 9504 - y
  • Kitaoka, S., Mori, T. & Fujisaki, K. (1975) Laboratory culture of Ixodes acutitarsus (Karsch, 1880). National Institute of Animal Health Quarterly, 15, 203 - 204.
  • Yamaguti, N., Tipton, V. J., Keegan, H. L. & Toshioka, S. (1971) Ticks of Japan, Korea, and the Ryukyu Islands. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 15, 1 - 185.