Ixodes angustus Neumann

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 50

Ixodes angustus Neumann

Ex Blarina brevicauda (northern short­tailed shrew): 2F, TN, Sevier Co., Chimneys Picnic Area, 19 May 1951, R. Traub & D. Pfitzer, RML30234; 2L, TN, Sevier Co., Chimneys Picnic Area, 4 Oct. 1953, P. T. Johnson & M. L. Morrow, RML118622; 2L, GSMNP, 5 Oct. 1953, P. T. Johnson, M. L. Morrow & G. Rust, RML66123; 2L, TN, Sevier Co., Goshen Prong, K. Walters, Nov. 2001, L­2984.

Ex Myodes gapperi (northern red­backed vole): GSMNP (Linzey & Linzey 1968); 1N, 1L, NC, Swain Co., Indian Gap, 31 May 2001, E. B. Pivorun, L­2974; 1N, TN, Sevier Co., Heath Bald on the Chimney Tops Trail, 3 Jun. 2001, E. B. Pivorun; 4N, TN, Sevier Co., Brushy Mount, 9 Apr. 2002, E. B. Pivorun, L­2993; 1F, 1N, TN, Sevier Co., near Chimney Tops Trail, 12 May 2002, E. B. Pivorun, L­2971.

Ex Parascalops breweri (hairy­tailed mole): 1N, TN, Sevier Co., Goshen Prong, 16 Nov. 2001, K. Walters, L­2980.

Ex Peromyscus leucopus (white­footed mouse): 1F, 2N, NC, Haywood Co., Cataloochee, 21 Apr. 2002, E. B. Pivorun, L­2978.

Ex Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse): 1F, NC, Haywood Co., Purchase Knob, 9 Apr. 2002, E. B. Pivorun; 1F, NC, Haywood Co., Purchase Knob, 19 Apr. 2002, E. B. Pivorun, L­2968; 1N, NC, Haywood Co., Purchase Knob, 20 Apr. 2002, E. B. Pivorun, L­2969; 1N, TN, Sevier Co., Chimney Tops Trail, 12 May 2002, E. B. Pivorun, L­2926; 1F, TN, Cocke Co., Snake Den Ridge, 24 Aug. 2002, K. Walters, L­2997; 1N, TN, Sevier Co., Heath Bald, 15 Jul. 2001, E. B. Pivorun; 1N, TN, Sevier Co., Chimney Tops Trail, 15 Jul. 2001, E. B. Pivorun, L­2970.

Ex Sorex cinereus (masked shrew): 2L, NC, Swain Co., Indian Gap, 12 May 2002, K. Walters, L­2982.

Ex Synaptomys cooperi (southern bog lemming): 1L, NC, Swain Co., Andrew’s Bald, 9 Sep. 2002, K. Walters, L­2989; 1F, TN, Sevier Co., Greenbrier, 4 Apr. 1931, R. L. Boke.

This is a commonly collected tick in the Park that primarily parasitizes small mammals in moist or montane habitats (Robbins & Keirans 1992). All of the southern U.S. records are from higher elevations in the Appalachians. This tick might be an enzootic vector of Borrelia burgdorferi , the Lyme disease agent (Durden & Keirans 1996).