Ixodes marxi Banks

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 51

Ixodes marxi Banks

Ex Glaucomys volans (southern flying squirrel): 6L, TN, Sevier Co., Trillium Gap, 9 Apr. 2002, K. Walters, L­2936.

Ex Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (red squirrel): 2F, NC, Swain Co., Ravensford, 4 Jul. 2002, W. K. Reeves, L­ 2925.

This tick parasitizes sciurid rodents in eastern North America (Bishopp & Trembley 1945, Durden & Keirans 1996). There are few records from the southern United States and the above records represent the first ones for Tennessee and the Park.