Ixodes kerguelenensis André & Colas-Belcour, 1942

Heath, Allen C. G., Palma, Ricardo L., Cane, Rachel P. & Hardwick, Scott, 2011, Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Zootaxa 2995, pp. 55-63 : 60

Ixodes kerguelenensis André & Colas-Belcour, 1942

Host(s)

Seabirds: Diomedea exulans , Lugensa brevirostris , Pterodroma mollis , Pterodroma solandri , Pachyptila desolata , Pachyptila turtur , Pachyptila vittata , Procellaria aequinoctialis , Procellaria cinerea , Puffinus tenuirostris , Puffinus carneipes , Puffinus griseus , Pelagodroma marina maoriana , Pelecanoides urinatrix subspecies, Pelecanoides urinatrix exsul , Pelecanoides georgicus .

Land bird: Strigops habroptilus .

Distribution

World: South Australia, Bass Strait islands, Tasmania, Lord Howe Island, Marion, Kerguelen and Heard Islands (South Indian Ocean).

New Zealand: North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham, Auckland, Antipodes, Campbell and Macquarie Islands.

References: André & Colas-Belcour (1942); Dumbleton (1973, as I. pterodromae ); Wilson (1970); Roberts (1970, as “ Ixodes pterodromae ”); Bishop & Heath (1998, as “ Ixodes pterodromae ”); Heath (2010a); Gordon (2010); Cane (2011, last updated 2010).