Ixodes spinicoxalis Neumann, 1899

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 67-68

216. Ixodes spinicoxalis Neumann, 1899 .

An Oriental species, all of whose parasitic stages have been found on

Scandentia : Tupaiidae ; adults and immature stages have been found on Rodentia : Muridae , and Passeriformes : Pittidae ; adults alone have been collected from Carnivora : Mephitidae , Mustelidae and Viverridae , and Passeriformes : Muscicapidae ; nymphs alone have been recovered from Soricomorpha : Soricidae , and Rodentia : Sciuridae . Ixodes spinicoxalis is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Schulze (1934)

F: Neumann (1899)

N: Schulze (1934)

L: Schulze (1934)

Redescriptions

M: Teng and Jiang (1991)

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Krijgsman and Ponto (1932), Anastos (1950), Teng and Jiang (1991)

N: none

L: none

Note: Palearctic records of Ixodes spinicoxalis are treated as misidentifications by Anastos (1950).