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Species Ixodes holocyclus Neumann, 1899

Introduction

The Australian paralysis tick Ixodes holocyclus has been the subject of a very large literature, as a result of its medical and veterinary importance. Only a few selected references are listed here. A general review of its biology and medical importance is avaliable at the following web site: http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/ticks.htm. Barker & Walker (2014) reviewed the biology and morphology of this species in detail.

 

General References

Arthur, D.R. 1956. The Ixodes ticks of Chiroptera (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae). Journal of Parasitology 42: 180-196 (as Ixodes rossianus)

Barker, D. 2019. Ixodes barkeri n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae) from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a revised key to the male Ixodes of Australia, and list of the subgenera and species of Ixodes known to occur in Australia. Zootaxa 4658(2): 331-342 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Barker, S.C., Walker, A.R. & Campelo, D. 2014. A list of the 70 species of Australian ticks; diagnostic guides to and species accounts of Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick), Ixodes cornuatus (southern paralysis tick) and Rhipicephalus australis (Australian cattle tick); and consideration of the place of Australia in the evolution of ticks with comments on four controversial ideas. International Journal for Parasitology 44: 941-953. (as Ixodes (Sternalixodes) holocyclus)

Barker, S.C. & Walker, A.R. 2014. Ticks of Australia. The species that infest domestic animals and humans. Zootaxa 3816: 1-144. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Beati, L., Keirans, J.E., Durden, L.A. & Opiang, M.D. 2008. Bothriocroton oudemansi (Neumann, 1910) n.comb. (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae), an ectoparasite of the western long-beaked echidna in Papua New Guinea: redescription of the male and first description of the female and nymph. Systematic Parasitology 69: 185-200 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Camicas, J.-L., Hervy, J.-P., Adam, F. & Morel, P.C. 1998. Les Tiques du Monde (Acarida, Ixodida). Paris : Orstom 233 pp. (as Ixodes (Sternalixodes) holocyclus)

Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Clunies Ross, I. 1924. The bionomics of Ixodes holocyclus Neumann, with a redescription of the adult and nymphal stages and a description of the larva. Parasitology 16: 365-381 pl. XV (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Derrick, E.H., Smith, D.J.W., Brown, H.E. & Freeman, M. 1939. The role of the bandicoot in the epidemiology of 'Q' fever : a preliminary study. Medical Journal of Australia 1: 150-155 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Domrow, R. & Derrick, E.H. 1965. Ixodes holocyclus, the man-biting tick in S.E. Queensland. Australian Journal of Science 27: 234-236 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Ferguson, E.W. 1925. Australian ticks. The Australian Zoologist 4: 24-35 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Fielding, J.W. 1926. Australasian ticks. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Tropical Division) 9: 1-114 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Jackson, J., Chilton, N.B., Beveridge, I., Morris, M. & Andrews, R.H. 1998. An electrophoretic comparison of the Australian paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus Neumann, 1899, with I. cornuatus Roberts, 1960 (Acari: Ixodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 109-117 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Keirans, J.E. & Hillyard, P.D. 2001. A catalogue of the type specimens of Ixodida (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) deposited in The Natural History Museum, London. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 13: 1-74 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Kwak, M.L., Beveridge, I., Koehler, A.V., Malipatil, M., Gasser, R.B. & Jabbar, A. 2017. Phylogenetic analysis of the Australian paralysis ticks and their relatives (Ixodidae: Ixodes: Sternalixodes). Parasites & Vectors 10(122): 1-12. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Kwak, M.L. & Madden, C. 2017. The first record of infestation by a native tick (Acari: Ixodidae) on the Australian emu (Dromaius novaehoolandiae) and a review of tick paralysis in Australian birds. Experimental and Applied Acarology 73: 103-107. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Kwak, M.L. & Reed, J. 2017. A survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from an over-abundant koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) population in south eastern Australia, with an overview of the ticks and mites of koalas. Experimental and Applied Acarology 73: 109-114. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Lee, D.C. & Southcott, R.V. 1979. Spiders and other Arachnids of South Australia. In South Australian Yearbook, 1979. South Australian Government Printer : Adelaide. 15 pp. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Lorch, D., Fisher, D.O. & Spratt, D.M. 2007. Variation in ectoparasite infestation on the brown antechinus, Antechinus stuartii, with regard to host, habitat and environmental parameters. Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 169–176 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Neumann, G. 1901. Revision de la famille des Ixodidés. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 14: 249-372 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Neumann, L.G. 1911. Ixodidae. Das Tierreich 26: 1-169 (Reprinted 1966 by Verlag von J. Cramer, Weinheim) (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Nuttall, G.H.F. & Warburton, C. 1911. Ticks. A Monograph of the Ixodoidea. Part II. Ixodidae. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press pp. i-ix 105-293. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Rainbow, W.J. 1906. A synopsis of Australian Acarina. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 145-193 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1934. Ticks infesting domesticated animals in Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 41: 114-123 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1947. Ticks infesting domestic animals in Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 64: 233-244 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1960. A systematic study of the Australian species of the genus Ixodes (Acarina : Ixodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 8: 392-485 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1969. The larvae of Australian Ixodidae (Acarina : Ixodoidea). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 37-78 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1970. Australian Ticks. Melbourne : CSIRO 267 pp. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Seddon, H.R. 1952. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Tick and Mite Infestations. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Division of Veterinary Hygeine) 7. 200 pp. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Seddon, H.R. 1968. Diseases of Domestic Animals in Australia. Part 3. Arthropod Infestations (Ticks and Mites). Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publication (Veterinary Hygeine) (Revised by H. E. Albiston) Vol. 7 170 pp. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Southcott, R.V. 1976. Arachnidism and allied syndromes in the Australian region. Records of the Adelaide Children's Hospital 1: 97-186 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Southcott, R.V. 1978. Australian Harmful Arachnids and Their Allies. Mitcham, South Australia : R. V. Southcott 36 pp. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Stone, B.F. 1988. Tick paralysis, particularly involving Ixodes holocyclus and other Ixodes species. pp. 61-85 in Harris, K.F. (ed.). Advances in Disease Vector Research. New York : Springer Verlag Vol. 5. (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Taylor, F.H. 1946. Spiders, ticks and mites, including the species harmful to man in Australia and New Guinea. Section 1. Descriptive. Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health, Service Publications (School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney) 6: 1-234 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

Varma, M.G.R. 1989. Tick-borne diseases. In Geographic Distribution of Arthropod-borne Diseases and their Principal Vectors. WHO/VBC (World Health Organization, Vector Biology and Control Division) 89.97: 55-70 (as Ixodes holocyclus)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019 Acari 11-Sep-2019 MODIFIED Dr Bruce Halliday
01-May-2017 Acari 14-Feb-2017 MODIFIED Dr Bruce Halliday
26-Apr-2016 IXODIDAE Dugès, 1834 12-Nov-2014 ADDED Lyn Randall
07-May-2013 07-May-2013 MODIFIED
07-May-2013 16-Feb-2012 MODIFIED
07-May-2013 08-Jul-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)