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Species Ixodes kerguelenensis André & Colas-Belcour, 1942

Introduction

Most literature on this species uses the name Ixodes pterodromae. However Wilson (1970) synonymised I. pterodromae under I. kerguelenensis.

 

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 kerguelenensis)

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 (Multidentatus) kerguelenensis)

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

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 pterodromae)

Roberts, F.H.S. 1964. The males of Ixodes pterodromae Arthur and Ixodes australiensis Neumann (Acarina : Ixodidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 75-78 (as Ixodes pterodromae)

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

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

Wilson, N. 1964. Insects of Campbell Island. Metastigmata : Ixodidae. Pacific Insects Monographs 7: 132-137 (as Ixodes pterodromae)

Wilson, N. 1970. Acarina: Metastigmata: Ixodidae of South Georgia, Heard and Kerguelen. Pacific Insects Monographs 23: 78-88 (as Ixodes kerguelenensis)

 

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
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
16-Jun-2010 ADDED