Ixodes sculptus Neumann, 1904

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 : 64-65

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scientific name	Ixodes sculptus Neumann, 1904
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205. Ixodes sculptus Neumann, 1904 View in CoL .

A Nearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Rodentia : Sciuridae , but they have also been found on Lagomorpha : Leporidae , Carnivora (several families) and Rodentia (several families). There are some odd records of adult ticks from Artiodactyla : Bovidae , and Galliformes : Odontophoridae . Ixodes sculptus is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Hixson (1932)

F: Neumann (1904)

N: Hixson (1932)

L: Hixson (1932)

Redescriptions

M: Cooley and Kohls (1945), Gregson (1956), Keirans and Clifford (1978), Furman and Loomis (1984), Keirans and Litwak (1989), Lindquist et al. (2016)

F: Banks (1908), Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Cooley and Kohls (1945), Gregson (1956), Keirans and Clifford (1978), Furman and Loomis (1984), Keirans and Litwak (1989), Lindquist et al. (2016)

N: Cooley and Kohls (1945), Gregson (1956), Furman and Loomis (1984), Durden and Keirans (1996), Lindquist et al. (2016)

L: Allred et al. (1960), Sénevet and Ripert (1967a), Furman and Loomis (1984), Webb et al. (1990), Kleinjan and Lane (2008), Lindquist et al. (2016)

Note: Anstead and Chilton (2014) suggest that more than one species may exist under the name Ixodes sculptus .

References

Allred, D. M., Beck, D. E. & White, L. D. (1960) Ticks of the genus Ixodes in Utah. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series, 1 (4), 1 - 42.

Anstead, C. A. & Chilton, N. B. (2014) Comparison of the DNA sequences and secondary structure of the mitochondrial 16 S rRNA gene of Ixodes kingi, I. sculptus and I. angustus. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 28, 155 - 162. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. mcp. 2014.02.001

Banks, N. (1908) A revision of the Ixodoidea, or ticks of the United States. United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Technical Series 15. United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D. C., 61 pp.

Cooley, R. A. & Kohls, G. M. (1945) The genus Ixodes in North America. National Institute of Health Bulletin, 184, 1 - 246.

Durden, L. A. & Keirans, J. E. (1996) Nymphs of the genus Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) of the United States: taxonomy, identification key, distribution, hosts, and medical / veterinary importance. Thomas Say Publication in Entomology Monographs 9. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, 95 pp.

Furman, D. P. & Loomis, E. C. (1984) The ticks of California (Acari: Ixodida). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 25, 1 - 239.

Gregson, J. D. (1956) The Ixodoidea of Canada. Canada Department Agriculture, Science Service, Entomological Division Publication 930. Canada Department Agriculture, Science Service, Entomological Division. Queen's Printer, Ottawa, 92 pp.

Hixson, H. (1932) The life history and habits of Ixodes sculptus Neumann (Ixodidae). Iowa State Journal of Science, 7, 35 - 42.

Keirans, J. E. & Clifford, C. M. (1978) The genus Ixodes in the United States: a scanning electron microscope study and key to adults. Journal of Medical Entomology, Supplement 2, 1 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 15. suppl 2.1

Keirans, J. E. & Litwak, T. R. (1989) Pictorial key to the adults of hard ticks, family Ixodidae (Ixodida: Ixodoidea), east of the Mississippi River. Journal of Medical Entomology, 26, 435 - 448. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / jmedent / 26.5.435

Kleinjan, J. E. & Lane, R. S. (2008) Larval keys to the genera of Ixodidae (Acari) and species of Ixodes (Latreille) [sic] ticks established in California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 84, 121 - 142. https: // doi. org / 10.3956 / 2007 - 38.1

Lindquist, E. E., Galloway, T. D., Artsob, H., Lindsay, L. R., Drebot, M., Wood, H. & Robbins, R. G. (2016) A Handbook to the Ticks of Canada (Ixodida: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Biological Survey of Canada Monograph Series No. 7. Biological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, 317 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.3752 / 9780968932186

Neumann, L. G. (1904) Notes sur les ixodides. II. Archives de Parasitologie, 8, 444 - 464.

Nuttall, G. H. F. & Warburton, C. (1911) Ticks. A monograph of the Ixodoidea. Part II. The Ixodidae. Section II. Genus I. Ixodes Latreille 1795. Cambridge University Press, London, pp. 133 - 293. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 24075

Senevet, G. & Ripert, C. (1967 a) Les larves des especes du genre Ixodes. Essai de revue d'ensemble. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee, 42, 79 - 121. https: // doi. org / 10.1051 / parasite / 1967421079

Webb, J. P., Bennett, S. G. & Challet, G. L. (1990) The larval ticks of the genus Ixodes Latreille (Acari: Ixodidae) of California. Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology, 15, 73 - 124.