Ixodes ceylonensis Kohls, 1950b

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 : 18-19

43. Ixodes ceylonensis Kohls, 1950b .

An Oriental species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Rodentia : Muridae ; larvae and nymphs are also commonly recovered from Soricomorpha : Soricidae ; adults and nymphs have been collected from Carnivora : Felidae and Herpestidae , and Primates : Cercopithecidae ; adults alone have been found on Artiodactyla : Bovidae ; immature stages have been taken from Rodentia : Sciuridae , and rarely from Passeriformes : Alaudidae . There are no records of Ixodes ceylonensis causing human parasitism.

M: Rajagopalan and Boshell (1966)

F: Kohls (1950b)

N: Rajagopalan and Boshell (1966)

L: Rajagopalan and Boshell (1966)

Redescriptions: none