Ixodes texanus

Reeves, Will K., Durden, Lance A., Ritzi, Christopher M., Beckham, Katy R., Super, Paul E & Oconnor, Barry M., 2007, Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Zootaxa 1392, pp. 31-68 : 51

Ixodes texanus Banks—raccoon tick

Ex Procyon lotor (raccoon): TN, Blount Co., Cades Cove, 1979­1980 (Rabinowitz et al. 1983); 1F, GSMNP, 18 Aug. 1988, R. Thompson, RML119897.

This tick parasitizes carnivores, especially the raccoon, across North America (Durden & Keirans 1996). Rickettsia rickettsii , the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, has been isolated from I. texanus (Anderson et al. 1986) .