Ixodes kuntzi Hoogstraal and Kohls, 1965a

Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, Zootaxa 4871 (1), pp. 1-322 : 39-40

119. Ixodes kuntzi Hoogstraal and Kohls, 1965a .

An Oriental and Palearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Rodentia : Sciuridae . Nymphs alone have been collected from Passeriformes : Muscicapidae and Sittidae ; larvae alone have been recovered from Passeriformes : Timaliidae and Turdidae . There are no records of Ixodes kuntzi causing human parasitism.

M: Clifford et al. (1975a), but see note below

F: Hoogstraal and Kohls (1965a)

N: Hoogstraal and Kohls (1965a)

L: Hoogstraal and Kohls (1965a)

Redescriptions

M: Teng and Jiang (1991)

F: Teng and Jiang (1991)

N: Teng and Jiang (1991)

L: Teng and Jiang (1991)

Note: Clifford et al. (1975a) consider their diagnosis of the male of Ixodes kuntzi tentative, but their description is treated as valid by Teng and Jiang (1991).