151. Ixodes muris Bishopp and Smith, 1937 .

A Nearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Rodentia: Cricetidae, but they have also been collected from other Mammalia (several orders), and Passeriformes: Passerellidae, Parulidae and Turdidae (rarely as adult ticks). Adults and nymphs have been recovered from Galliformes: Phasianidae; adults and larvae have been taken from Passeriformes: Troglodytidae; while immature stages have been recorded from Aves (several orders) (Guglielmone et al. 2014, Guglielmone & Robbins 2018, Scott et al. 2018). Ixodes muris is a frequent parasite of humans.

M: Bishopp and Smith (1937)

F: Bishopp and Smith (1937)

N: Bishopp and Smith (1937)

L: Bishopp and Smith (1937)

Redescriptions

M: Cooley and Kohls (1945), Gregson (1956), Keirans and Clifford (1978), Keirans and Litwak (1989), Lindquist et al. (2016)

F: Cooley and Kohls (1945), Gregson (1956), Keirans and Clifford (1978), Keirans and Litwak (1989), Lindquist et al. (2016)

N: Cooley and Kohls (1945), Gregson (1956), Durden and Keirans (1996), Lindquist et al. (2016)

L: Allred et al. (1960), Clifford et al. (1961), Sénevet and Ripert (1967a), Lindquist et al. (2016)