77. Ixodes eldaricus Dzhaparidze, 1950a .

A Palearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Passeriformes (several families); larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Rodentia: Muridae, but they have also been taken from Soricomorpha: Soricidae, and Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae; adult ticks alone have been collected from Carnivora: Canidae . There are no records of Ixodes eldaricus causing human parasitism.

M: Ogandzhanyan (1959)

F: Dzhaparidze (1950a)

N: Ogandzhanyan (1959)

L: Arthur (1968), under the name Ixodes tatei, a synonym of Ixodes eldaricus

Redescriptions

M: Filippova (1974, 1977), Siuda (1993), Nowak-Chmura (2012), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017)

F: Ogandzhanyan (1959), Filippova (1974, 1977), Siuda (1993), Nowak-Chmura (2012), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017)

N: Filippova (1974, 1977), Siuda (1993), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017)

L: Filippova (1974, 1977), Siuda (1993), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017)

Note: see Ixodes festai for the confusion of males of that species with the male of Ixodes eldaricus . Filippova (1974) warns about confusing this species with Ixodes gibbosus, Ixodes redikorzevi and Ixodes ricinus .