Ixodes kerguelenensis André and Colas-Belcour, 1942

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 : 38

115. Ixodes kerguelenensis André and Colas-Belcour, 1942 . An Australasian species also known from islands in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, all of whose parasitic stages have been found on Procellariiformes : Procellariidae , and Sphenisciformes : Spheniscidae ; adults and nymphs have been collected from Procellariiformes : Diomedeidae . There are no records of Ixodes kerguelenensis causing human parasitism.

M: André and Colas-Belcour (1942), under the name Ixodes canisuga kerguelenensis , and given its current status in Zumpt (1952)

F: Arthur (1960c), under the name Ixodes pterodromae , a synonym of Ixodes kerguelenensis

N: Roberts (1960), under the name Ixodes pterodromae

L: Wilson (1970)

Redescriptions

M: Arthur (1960d), Roberts (1964b, 1970, under the name Ixodes pterodromae ), Wilson (1970)

F: Roberts (1960, 1970), under the name Ixodes pterodromae, Wilson (1970)

N: Roberts (1970), under the name Ixodes pterodromae, Wilson (1970)

L: none

Note: Ixodes kerguelenensis is difficult to identify, with the result that this species has been confused with Ixodes auritulus and Ixodes percavatus , as discussed in Wilson (1970).