Ixodes downsi Kohls, 1957b

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 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4576236
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scientific name	Ixodes downsi Kohls, 1957b
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72. Ixodes downsi Kohls, 1957b View in CoL .

A Neotropical species, a female of which was collected from Caprimulgiformes: Steatornithidae , while a larva was found on Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae . Additional specimens have been collected from cave walls and bat guano ( Kohls, 1957b, González-Acuña et al. 2008). There are no records of Ixodes downsi causing human parasitism.

M: Kohls (1957b)

F: Kohls (1957b)

N: Kohls (1957b)

L: Kohls (1957b)

Redescriptions: none