Ixodes tropicalis Kohls, 1956a

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 74

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4582932
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scientific name	Ixodes tropicalis Kohls, 1956a
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239. Ixodes tropicalis Kohls, 1956a View in CoL .

A Neotropical species, all of whose known parasitic stages, including the undescribed larva and nymph, have been found on Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Trapido & San Martín 1971), and Rodentia : Cricetidae ; females alone have been collected from Rodentia : Echimyidae . There are no records of Ixodes tropicalis causing human parasitism.

M: unknown

F: Kohls (1956a)

N: undescribed

L: undescribed

Redescriptions: none