Ixodes spinipalpis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ixodoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Subclassis: Acari Superordo: Parasitiformes Subordo: Ixodida Superfamilia: Ixodoidea

Familia: Ixodidae
Subfamilia: Ixodinae
Genus: Ixodes
Species: Ixodes spinipalpis

Name

Ixodes spinipalpis Hadwen and Nuttall, 1916

Synonymy

• Ixodes neotomae Cooley, 1944

[junior synonym of I. spinipalpis, as determined by Norris et al. (1997)]

References

References

• Hadwen, S., Nuttall, G. H. F. 1916: Notes on ticks, IV. Relating to the genus Ixodes and including a description of three new species and two new varieties. Parasitology, 8: 294–337.

References

• Norris, D. E., Klompen, J. S., Keirans, J. E., Lane, R. S., Piesman, J. & Black, W. C. 1997: Taxonomic status of Ixodes neotomae and I. spinipalpis (Acari: Ixodidae) based on mitochondrial DNA evidence. Journal of Medical Entomology, 34: 696–703.
• Cooley, R.A. & Kohls, G.M. 1942. Antricola new genus, Amblyomma gertschi new species, and notes on Ixodes spinipalpis, (Acarina: Ixodoidea). Public Health Reports 57: 1733–1736. Reference page.