Ixodes acuminatus (Southern Rodent Tick)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Southern Rodent Tick

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa () - Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Superphylum: Panarthropoda () - Cuvier
        Phylum: Arthropoda () - Latreille, 1829 - arthropods
        Subphylum: Arachnomorpha () - Heider, 1913
        Infraphylum: Cheliceriformes ()
        Superclass: Chelicerata ()
        Epiclass: Euchelicerata ()
        Class: Arachnida () - Cuvier, 1812 - Arachnids
        Subclass: Acari () - Leach, 1817 - Mites and Ticks
        Superorder: Parasitiformes () - Reuter, 1909
        Order: Ixodida () - Leach, 1815
        Superfamily: Ixodoidea () - Dug�s, 1834
        Family: Ixodidae () - Dug�s, 1834
        Genus: Ixodes ()
        Specific name: acuminatus - Neumann, 1901
        Scientific name: - Ixodes acuminatus Neumann, 1901

Unambiguous Synonyms

Ixodes diversicoxalis Kirshenblat, 1935
Ixodes guernseyensis Arthur, 1955
Ixodes redikorzevi Olenev, 1927
Ixodes redikorzevi emberizae Pomerantsev, 1950
Ixodes redikorzevi redikorzevi Santos Dias, 1995
Ixodes redikorzevi theodori Arthur, 1955
Ixodes theodori Warburton, 1927
Ixodes transcaucasicus Kirshenblat, 1934
Ixodes transcaucasicus hystrix Schulze, 1944
Ixodes (Ixodes) acuminatus Neumann, 1911
Ixodes (Ixodes) redikorzevi Clifford & Anastos, 1960

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Horak I.G., 03-Jan-2004

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ixodes

There are approximately 253 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

I. abrocomae · I. acuminatus (Southern Rodent Tick) · I. acutitarsus · I. affinis · I. albignaci · I. alluaudi · I. amarali · I. amersoni · I. anatis (Kiwi Tick) · I. andinus · I. angustus · I. antechini · I. apronophorus (Marsh Tick) · I. arabukiensis · I. aragaoi · I. arboricola (Tree-Hole Tick) · I. arebiensis · I. asanumai · I. aulacodi · I. auriculaelongae · I. auritulus · I. australiensis · I. baergi · I. bakeri · I. banksi · I. bedfordi · I. bequaerti · I. berlesei · I. bivari · I. boliviensis · I. brewsterae · I. browningi · I. brumpti · I. brunneus · I. calcarhebes · I. caledonicus (Northern Bird Tick) · I. canisuga (Dog Tick) · I. capromydis · I. catherinei · I. cavipalpus · I. ceylonensis · I. chilensis · I. cinctus · I. colasbelcouri · I. collocaliae · I. columnae · I. conepati · I. confusus · I. cookei (American Castor Bean Tick) · I. cooleyi · I. copei · I. cordifer · I. cornuae · I. cornuatus (Tasmanian Paralysis Tick) · I. corwini · I. crenulatus · I. cuernavacensis · I. cumulatimpunctatus · I. dampfi · I. daveyi · I. dawesi · I. dendrolagi · I. dentatus · I. dicei · I. diomedeae · I. diversifossus · I. djaronensis · I. domerguei · I. downsi · I. drakensbergensis · I. eadsi · I. eastoni · I. eichhorni · I. eldaricus · I. elongatus · I. eudyptidis (New Zealand Seabird Tick) · I. euplecti · I. evansi · I. fecialis · I. festai (Festa's North African Russet Tick) · I. filippovae · I. flavidus · I. fossulatus · I. frontalis (Passerine Tick) · I. fuscipes · I. galapagoensis · I. ghilarovi · I. gibbosus · I. granulatus · I. gregsoni · I. guatemalensis · I. hearlei · I. heinrichi · I. hexagonus (European Dog Tick) · I. himalayensis (Himalayan Small-Mammal Ixodid) · I. hirsti (Hirst's Marsupial Tick) · I. holocyclus · I. hoogstraali · I. howelli · I. humanus

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Notes

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
TicksBase
TicksBase, 5.6, 2005.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

UK National Biodiversity Network: Biological Records Centre - Ticks (Ixodoidea) distribution for the British Isles
University of Navarra, Museum of Zoology: Museum of Zoology, University of Navarra

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6534612
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Tic-512
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2216976
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1765786