128. Ixodes longiscutatus Boero, 1944 .

A Neotropical species whose larvae and nymphs are usually found on Rodentia: Caviidae, but all known parasitic stages have been recovered from Caviidae . Females alone have been collected from Artiodactyla: Bovidae, and Perissodactyla: Equidae . There are no records of Ixodes longiscutatus causing human parasitism.

M: unknown

F: Boero (1944), under the name Ixodes longiscutatum, and amended in Camicas et al. (1998)

N: Kohls and Clifford (1967a), under the name Ixodes uruguayensis, a synonym of Ixodes longiscutatus as explained in Venzal et al. (2001)

L: Kohls and Clifford (1967a), under the name Ixodes uruguayensis

Redescriptions

F: Boero (1957), under the name Ixodes longiscutatum, Nava et al. (2017)

N: Nava et al. (2017)

L: none

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) erroneously list the male of Ixodes longiscutatus as described (Venzal et al. 2008).