216. Ixodes spinicoxalis Neumann, 1899 .

An Oriental species, all of whose parasitic stages have been found on

Scandentia: Tupaiidae; adults and immature stages have been found on Rodentia: Muridae, and Passeriformes: Pittidae; adults alone have been collected from Carnivora: Mephitidae, Mustelidae and Viverridae, and Passeriformes: Muscicapidae; nymphs alone have been recovered from Soricomorpha: Soricidae, and Rodentia: Sciuridae . Ixodes spinicoxalis is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Schulze (1934)

F: Neumann (1899)

N: Schulze (1934)

L: Schulze (1934)

Redescriptions

M: Teng and Jiang (1991)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Krijgsman and Ponto (1932), Anastos (1950), Teng and Jiang (1991)

N: none

L: none

Note: Palearctic records of Ixodes spinicoxalis are treated as misidentifications by Anastos (1950).