Ixodes asanumai Kitaoka, 1973

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Chiefly a Palearctic species, with a few records from the Oriental Region. All parasitic stages are usually found on Squamata : Lacertidae , with rare records of adult ticks from Carnivora : Canidae , and nymphs from Aves (Passeriformes) and Squamata (Scincidae) . Ixodes asanumai is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Kitaoka (1973)

F: Kitaoka (1973)

N: Hayashi and Hasegawa (1983)

L: Hayashi and Hasegawa (1983)

Redescriptions

M: Yamaguti and Kitaoka (1980), Yamaguti (1981), Hayashi and Hasegawa (1983)

F: Yamaguti and Kitaoka (1980), Yamaguti (1981), Hayashi and Hasegawa (1983)

N: Fujita and Takada (2007)

L: Fujita and Takada (2007)

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) state that the larva and nymph of Ixodes asanumai are undescribed, but both stages were described in Hayashi and Hasegawa (1983).

References

Camicas, J. L., Hervy, J. P., Adam, F. & Morel, P. C. (1998) Les tiques du monde. Nomenclature, stades decrits, hotes, repartition (Acarida, Ixodida). Orstom, Paris, 233 pp.

Fujita, H. & Takada, N. (2007) Identification of immature ticks in Japan. In: Organization Committee of SADI (Ed.), Acari and Emerging / Reemerging Diseases. Kyoiku Kyokai Publishing Co, Tokyo, pp. 53 - 68. [in Japanese]

Hayashi, F. & Hasegawa, M. (1983). Immature stages and reproductive characteristics of the lizard tick, Ixodes asanumai (Acarina: Ixodidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 18, 315 - 323. https: // doi. org / 10.1303 / aez. 18.315

Kitaoka, S. (1973) Ixodes asanumai sp. n. (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae) from the Amami-Oshima islands and Miyake island, Japan. National Institute of Animal Health Quarterly, 13, 137 - 141.

Yamaguti, N. & Kitaoka, S. (1980) Family Ixodidae. In: Ebara, S. (Ed.), Illustrations of the mites and ticks of Japan. Zenkoku Kyokai, Tokyo, pp. 146 - 161. [in Japanese]

Yamaguti, N. (1981) Key to the Japanese Ixodoidea. In: Sasa, M. & Aoki, J. (Eds.), Advances in Acarology. Hokuryu-Kan, Tokyo, pp. 451 - 472. [in Japanese]