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Species Ixodes simplex Neumann, 1906

Introduction

Only the nominotypical subspecies Ixodes simplex simplex has been recorded from Australia. The other subspecies, Ixodes simplex africanus Arthur 1956 was described from Kenya.

 

General References

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

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 simplex)

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 (Eschatocephalus) simplex)

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 simplex)

Beaucornu, J.C. 1962. Description du mâle d'Ixodes simplex simplex Neumann, 1906, parasite de Chiroptères. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 87: 127-131 (as Ixodes simplex simplex)

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

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

Hamilton-Smith, E. 1966. Free living mites (Acarina) in Australian caves. National Speleological Society Bulletin 28: 100-103 (as Ixodes simplex )

Hoogstraal, H. 1956. African Ixodoidea. I. Ticks of the Sudan. Cairo, Egypt : US Navy Medical Research Unit No 3. 1101 pp. (as Ixodes simplex simplex )

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 simplex)

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 simplex)

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 simplex simplex)

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

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

 

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
07-May-2013 08-Jul-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)