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Ixodes luciae Senevet 1940

Description

Ixodes luciae

Aitken et al. (1969) recorded I. luciae during their survey of arthropods for natural viral infections. Everard and Tikasingh (1973) found I. luciae on rodents (Oryzomys capito and Proechimys guyannensis) from Turure Forest. In 1974, Smith recorded I. luciae from small wild animals from Trinidad.

Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Guatemala, Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua, Surinam, Venezuela. Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana and Panama (Guglielmone et al. 2011)

Notes

Published as part of Basu, A. K., Basu, M. & Adesiyun, A. A., 2012, A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago, pp. 39-50 in Acarologia 52 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.1051/acarologia/20122034, http://zenodo.org/record/4667077

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Senevet
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Ixodida
Family
Ixodidae
Genus
Ixodes
Species
luciae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ixodes luciae Senevet, 1940 sec. Basu, Basu & Adesiyun, 2012

References

  • Aitken T. H. G., Spence L., Jonkers A. H., Downs W. G. 1969 - A 10 - year survey of Trinidad arthropods for natural virus infection (1953 - 1963) - J. Med. Ent., 6: 207 - 215.
  • Everard C. O. R., Tikasingh E. S. 1973 - Ecology of the rodents, Proechimys guyannensis trinitatis and Oryzomys capito velutinus, on Trinidad - J. Mammal., 54 (4): 875 - 886. doi: 10.2307 / 1379082
  • Guglielmone A. A., Nava, S., Diaz, M. M. 2011 - Relationships of South American marsupials (Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria and Paucituberculata) and hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) with distribution of four species of Ixodes - Zootaxa, 3086: 1 - 30.