Ixodes | |
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Ixodes ricinus, engorged | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Ixodida |
Family: | Ixodidae |
Genus: | Ixodes Latreille, 1795 [1] |
Type species | |
Acarus ricinus |
Ixodes is agenus of hard-bodiedticks (familyIxodidae). It includes important diseasevectors of animals and humans (tick-borne disease), and some species (notablyIxodes holocyclus) inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ticks in this genus may transmit thepathogenic bacteriumBorrelia burgdorferi[3] responsible for causingLyme disease. Additional organisms that may be transmitted byIxodes are parasites from the genusBabesia, which causebabesiosis, and bacteria from the related genusAnaplasma, which causeanaplasmosis.
These species are recognised within the genusIxodes:[4]
Ixodes goliath n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae), is described based on females collected from the eastern hyomys,Hyomys goliath (Milne-Edwards) (Rodentia: Muridae) from Papua New Guinea.
A new species of co-endangered tick,Ixodes heathi n. sp., is described from specimens of the nymph collected on the critically endangered mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus Broom) from the alpine region of Victoria, Australia. Its biology is discussed along with strategies for its conservation.
Ixodes siamensis sp. n. is the second species of the subgenusPaltipalpiger.
We consider the following 40 names valid…Ixodes siamensis Kitaoka and Suzuki, 1983.