Ixodes lasallei (Mendez Arocha & Ortiz 1958)

Benavides-Montaño, Javier Antonio, Betancourt-Echeverri, Jesus Antonio, Valencia, Gustavo López & Mesa-Cobo, Nora Cristina, 2022, A review of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia: The risk of tick-borne diseases, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (3), pp. 397-437 : 417

Ixodes lasallei (Mendez Arocha & Ortiz 1958)

It is present in Peru, Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia, parasitizing mammals of the order Rodentia . Male and females of this tick have been described in the literature ( Barros-Battesti et al. 2006). In Colombia, it has been reported by Gustavo Lopez parasitizing agouti, Dasyprocta aguti ( López and Parra 2017) . Adults of this species are similar to Ixodes bocatorensis , but they can be distinguished by the scutum dimensions, punctuation pattern, gnathosoma, palpi measurements ratios, basis capituli anterior angle and shape of the spur of the palpal segment I ventrally. The male of I. lasallei was described for the first time from adults found on agoutis, pacas, and Ocelots ( Apanaskevich et al. 2017). The agouti paca is distributed from sea level until 1600 m a.s.l. ( Mondolfi 1972); it inhabits the entire Colombian territory (Morales et al. 2004); it is also distributed from Mexico to north of Argentina as well as Cuba, Lesser Antilles, Guyanas and Brazil (center and south).