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Species Ixodes hirsti Hassall, 1931

Introduction

Barker & Walker (2014) reviewed the biology and morphology of this species in detail.

 

General References

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 hirsti)

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) hirsti)

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

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) hirsti)

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

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 hirsti)

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 hirsti)

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 hirsti)

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 hirsti)

Oorebeek, M. & Kleindorfer, S. 2008. Understorey predicts the spatial distribution of Ixodes hirsti in South Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 56: 123-127 (as Ixodes hirsti)

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 hirsti)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1964. The tick fauna of Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston 17: 1-8 (as Ixodes hirsti)

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

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 hirsti)

Viggers, K.L. & Spratt, D.M. 1995. The parasites recorded from Trichosurus species (Marsupialia, Phalangeridae). Wildlife Research 22: 311-332 (as Ixodes hirsti)

 

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)