Ixodes brunneus Koch, 1844

Benavides-Montaño, Javier Antonio, Betancourt-Echeverri, Jesus Antonio, Valencia, Gustavo López & Mesa-Cobo, Nora Cristina, 2022, A review of hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Colombia: The risk of tick-borne diseases, Persian Journal of Acarology 11 (3), pp. 397-437 : 417

Ixodes brunneus Koch, 1844

This tick is present in the Nearctic, where it parasitizes a variety of bird families, including migratory species ( Fairchild et al. 1966). It is distributed in Argentina, Colombia, Panama (BarrosBattesti et al. 2006). In Colombia, Osorno-Mesa described a female collected from a bird Ramphocelus coccineus from Bogota and two arboreal toucans ( Osorno-Mesa 1942). The species is considered to be restricted to the Andean Paramo ( Mantilla et al. 2011). In spite of recent reports, its presence in Colombia has not been confirmed yet ( Osorno-Mesa 1942; Bermudez et al. 2015b; Rivera-Paez et al. 2018a). The bird species ‘cinclodes’ is a passerine bird, belonging to the ovenbird family Furnariidae . It has been described in Venezuela, but it still is not completely established in the Neotropic area. All these birds are Neotropical resident birds, but not Nearctic birds. This fact makes it impossible to infer habitat preferences. Because the samples were not examined during this revision, additional studies are necessary to determine if they truly correspond to I. brunneus or belong to an undescribed species. New updates, geographic distribution, ecology and pathogenic role in animals and humans are required.