Ixodes eldaricus Dzhaparidze, 1950a

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 : 27

77. Ixodes eldaricus Dzhaparidze, 1950a .

A Palearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Passeriformes (several families); larvae and nymphs are commonly recovered from Rodentia : Muridae , but they have also been taken from Soricomorpha : Soricidae , and Chiroptera : Rhinolophidae ; adult ticks alone have been collected from Carnivora : Canidae . There are no records of Ixodes eldaricus causing human parasitism.

M: Ogandzhanyan (1959)

F: Dzhaparidze (1950a)

N: Ogandzhanyan (1959)

L: Arthur (1968), under the name Ixodes tatei , a synonym of Ixodes eldaricus

Redescriptions

M: Filippova (1974, 1977), Siuda (1993), Nowak-Chmura (2012), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017)

F: Ogandzhanyan (1959), Filippova (1974, 1977), Siuda (1993), Nowak-Chmura (2012), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017)

N: Filippova (1974, 1977), Siuda (1993), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017)

L: Filippova (1974, 1977), Siuda (1993), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017)

Note: see Ixodes festai for the confusion of males of that species with the male of Ixodes eldaricus . Filippova (1974) warns about confusing this species with Ixodes gibbosus , Ixodes redikorzevi and Ixodes ricinus .