Ixodes amersoni Kohls, 1966

Host(s)

Seabird: Pterodroma lessonii .

Distribution

World: Phoenix Island, Enderbury Island, Phoenix Islands group, Pacific Ocean.

New Zealand: Curtis Island, Kermadec Islands.

References: Kohls (1966); Amerson (1968); Heath (2010a).

Note: Other recorded hosts for this tick are the white tern ( Gygis alba) and the red-footed booby ( Sula sula). The record from the blue-grey noddy ( Procelsterna cerulea albivitta) in Heath (2010a: 13, 16) is erroneous.