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Ixodes texanus Banks 1909

Description

231. Ixodes texanus Banks, 1909.

A Nearctic species with one record from the Neotropical Region, all of whose

parasitic stages are usually found on Carnivora: Mustelidae and Procyonidae, but they have also been collected from Mammalia (several orders). Ixodes texanus is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Cooley and Kohls (1945)

F: Banks (1909)

N: Cooley and Kohls (1945)

L: Allred et al. (1960)

Redescriptions

M: Gregson (1956), Keirans and Clifford (1978), Furman and Loomis (1984), Keirans and Litwak (1989), Lindquist et al. (2016)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Cooley and Kohls (1945), Gregson (1956), Lancaster (1973), Keirans and Clifford (1978), Sonenshine (1979), Furman and Loomis (1984), Keirans and Litwak (1989), Lindquist et al. (2016)

N: Gregson (1956), Sonenshine (1979), Furman and Loomis (1984), Durden and Keirans (1996), Lindquist et al. (2016)

L: Clifford et al. (1961), Sénevet and Ripert (1967a), Sonenshine (1979), Furman and Loomis (1984), Webb et al. (1990), Kleinjan and Lane (2008), Coley (2015), Lindquist et al. (2016)

Note: Ondrejicka et al. (2016) present molecular evidence that more than one species may be included under the name Ixodes texanus.

Notes

Published as part of Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, pp. 1-322 in Zootaxa 4871 (1) on pages 71-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4423340

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ixodidae
Genus
Ixodes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ixodida
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Banks
Species
texanus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ixodes texanus Banks, 1909 sec. Guglielmone, Petney & Robbins, 2020

References

  • Banks, N. (1909) Three new ticks from the United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 10, 170 - 173.
  • Cooley, R. A. & Kohls, G. M. (1945) The genus Ixodes in North America. National Institute of Health Bulletin, 184, 1 - 246.
  • Allred, D. M., Beck, D. E. & White, L. D. (1960) Ticks of the genus Ixodes in Utah. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 1 (4), 1 - 42.
  • Gregson, J. D. (1956) The Ixodoidea of Canada. Canada Department Agriculture, Science Service, Entomological Division Publication 930. Canada Department Agriculture, Science Service, Entomological Division. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 92 pp.
  • Keirans, J. E. & Clifford, C. M. (1978) The genus Ixodes in the United States: a scanning electron microscope study and key to adults. Journal of Medical Entomology, Supplement 2, 1 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 15. suppl 2.1
  • Furman, D. P. & Loomis, E. C. (1984) The ticks of California (Acari: Ixodida). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 25, 1 - 239.
  • Keirans, J. E. & Litwak, T. R. (1989) Pictorial key to the adults of hard ticks, family Ixodidae (Ixodida: Ixodoidea), east of the Mississippi River. Journal of Medical Entomology, 26, 435 - 448. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 26.5.435
  • Lindquist, E. E., Galloway, T. D., Artsob, H., Lindsay, L. R., Drebot, M., Wood, H. & Robbins, R. G. (2016) A Handbook to the Ticks of Canada (Ixodida: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Biological Survey of Canada Monograph Series No. 7. Biological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, 317 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.3752 / 9780968932186
  • Nuttall, G. H. F. & Warburton, C. (1911) Ticks. A monograph of the Ixodoidea. Part II. The Ixodidae. Section II. Genus I. Ixodes Latreille 1795. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 133 - 293. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 24075
  • Lancaster, J. L. (1973) A guide to the ticks of Arkansas. Bulletin of the Agricultural Experimental Station, University of Arkansas, 779, 1 - 39.
  • Sonenshine, D. E, (1979) Ticks of Virginia (Acari: Metastigmata). Insects of Virginia, 13, 1 - 44.
  • Durden, L. A. & Keirans, J. E. (1996) Nymphs of the genus Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) of the United States: taxonomy, identification key, distribution, hosts, and medical / veterinary importance. Thomas Say Publication in Entomology Monographs 9. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, 95 pp.
  • Clifford, C. M., Anastos, G. & Elbl, A. (1961) The larval ixodid ticks of the eastern United States (Acarina-Ixodidae). Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, 5, 214 - 237.
  • Senevet, G. & Ripert, C. (1967 a) Les larves des especes du genre Ixodes. Essai de revue d'ensemble. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee, 42, 79 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.1051 / parasite / 1967421079
  • Webb, J. P., Bennett, S. G. & Challet, G. L. (1990) The larval ticks of the genus Ixodes Latreille (Acari: Ixodidae) of California. Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology, 15, 73 - 124.
  • Kleinjan, J. E. & Lane, R. S. (2008) Larval keys to the genera of Ixodidae (Acari) and species of Ixodes (Latreille) [sic] ticks established in California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 84, 121 - 142. https: // doi. org / 10.3956 / 2007 - 38.1
  • Coley, K. (2015) Identification guide to larval stages of ticks of medical importance in the USA. Georgia Southern University Student Research Papers, 110, 1 - 34.
  • Ondrejicka, D. A., Morey, K. C. & Hanner, R. H. (2016) DNA barcodes identify medically important tick species in Canada. Genome, 64, 74 - 84. https: // doi. org / 10.1139 / gen- 2015 - 0179