Ixodes minor
Appearance
Ixodes minor | |
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Illustration of ventral side of Ixodes minor | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Ixodida |
Family: | Ixodidae |
Genus: | Ixodes |
Species: | I. minor
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Binomial name | |
Ixodes minor Neumann, 1902
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Ixodes minor is a species of tick in the genus Ixodes. Some reported hosts are:
- Cardinalis cardinalis (Georgia)[1]
- Seiurus noveboracensis (Georgia)[1]
- Thryothorus ludovicianus (Georgia)[1]
- Zonotrichia albicollis (Georgia)[1]
- Troglodytes aedon (Georgia)[2]
- Oryzomys palustris (South Carolina)[3]
- Peromyscus gossypinus (Georgia)[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Literature cited
[edit]- Clark, K.L., Oliver, J.H., Jr., Grego, J.M., James, A.M., Durden, L.A. and Banks, C.W. 2001. Host associations of ticks parasitizing rodents at Borrelia burgdorferi enzootic sites in South Carolina (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 87(6):1379–1386.
- Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003. Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis (subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220.