3. Ixodes acutitarsus (Karsch, 1880) . An Oriental and Palearctic species whose adults are usually found on Artiodactyla: Bovidae, while larvae and nymphs are commonly collected from Rodentia: Cricetidae, Muridae and Sciuridae . Adults and nymphs have been collected from Carnivora: Felidae; adults alone have been recovered from Artiodactyla (several families), Carnivora: Ursidae, and rarely from Passeriformes: Corvidae; larvae alone have been found on Soricomorpha: Soricidae . Ixodes acutitarsus is a frequent parasite of humans.

M: Warburton (1910), under the name Ixodes gigas, a synonym of Ixodes acutitarsus

F: Karsch (1880), under the name Haemalastor acutitarsus; given its current status in Neumann (1911a)

N: Clifford et al. (1975a)

L: Clifford et al. (1975a)

Redescriptions

M: Sharif (1928), Nemenz (1968), Teng and Jiang (1991)

F: Nuttal and Warburton (1911), Sharif (1928), Keegan and Toshioka (1957), Nemenz (1968), Yamaguti et al. (1971), Yamaguti and Kitaoka (1980), Yamaguti (1981), Teng and Jiang (1991), Yamauchi and Takada (2015)

N: Teng and Jiang (1991), Fujita and Takada (2007)

L: Teng and Jiang (1991), Fujita and Takada (2007)