Ixodes myrmecobii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ixodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Subordo: Ixodida Superfamilia: Ixodoidea

Familia: Ixodidae
Subfamilia: Ixodinae
Genus: Ixodes
Subgenus: Sternalixodes
Species: Ixodes myrmecobii

Name

Ixodes myrmecobii Roberts, 1962

• Original genus: Ixodes Latreille, 1795
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Description: female (partly engorged)
• Type host: Myrmecobius f. fasciatus
• Type locality: Dryandra, Western Australia

Synonyms

• Ixodes holocyclus Calaby, 1960
• Ixodes holocyclus Roberts, 1960
• Ixodes myrmecobii Roberts, 1970

References

• Roberts, F. H. S. 1962 (March): Ixodes (Sternalixodes) myrmecobii sp.n. from the numbat, Myrmecobius fasciatus fasciatus Waterhouse, in Western Australia (Ixodidae: Acarina). Australian Journal of Entomology, 1 (1) : 42–43. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1962.tb00169.x reference page pdf
• Calaby, J. H. 1960: Observations on the banded and eater Myrmecobius f. fasciatus Waterhouse (Marsuipialia), with particular reference to its food habits. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 135: 183–207. (pp. 203-204)
• Kwak, M.L., Ash, A. & Elliot, A. 2017. Redescription of the numbat tick Ixodes (Sternalixodes) myrmecobii Roberts, 1962 (Acari: Ixodidae) with descriptions of the male and nymph, and new host records. Zootaxa 4272(1): 40–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.1.2. Reference page. 
• Roberts, F. H. S. 1960: A systematic study of the Australian species of the genus Ixodes (Acarina: Ixodidae). Aust. J . Zool., 8: 392–485. (p. 459)
• Roberts, F. H. S. 1970: Australian ticks. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia, 1-267.