18. Ixodes asanumai Kitaoka, 1973 .

Chiefly a Palearctic species, with a few records from the Oriental Region. All parasitic stages are usually found on Squamata: Lacertidae, with rare records of adult ticks from Carnivora: Canidae, and nymphs from Aves (Passeriformes) and Squamata (Scincidae) . Ixodes asanumai is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Kitaoka (1973)

F: Kitaoka (1973)

N: Hayashi and Hasegawa (1983)

L: Hayashi and Hasegawa (1983)

Redescriptions

M: Yamaguti and Kitaoka (1980), Yamaguti (1981), Hayashi and Hasegawa (1983)

F: Yamaguti and Kitaoka (1980), Yamaguti (1981), Hayashi and Hasegawa (1983)

N: Fujita and Takada (2007)

L: Fujita and Takada (2007)

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) state that the larva and nymph of Ixodes asanumai are undescribed, but both stages were described in Hayashi and Hasegawa (1983).