Ixodes eudyptidis Maskell, 1885

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 : 59

Ixodes eudyptidis Maskell, 1885

Hosts(s)

Seabirds: Eudyptes pachyrhynchus , Megadyptes antipodes , Eudyptula minor , Diomedea sanfordi , Thalassarche bulleri platei , Thalassarche eremita , Pterodroma solandri , Pterodroma lessonii , Pterodroma cookii , Pachyptila turtur , Pelecanoides urinatrix urinatrix , Pelecanoides urinatrix chathamensis , Morus serrator , Phalacrocorax carbo novaehollandiae , Stictocarbo punctatus punctatus , Platalea regia , Larus dominicanus , Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus , Hydroprogne caspia , Chlidonias hybridus .

Land bird: Anas sp.

Mammal: Mus musculus (experimental).

Distribution

World: Tasmania, Bass Strait islands, New South Wales, Western Australia ( Roberts 1970).

New Zealand: North and South Islands, Stewart Island, Chatham and Snares Islands.

References: Maskell (1885); Nuttall (1916); Dumbleton (1953, 1961, 1963); Roberts (1970); Bishop & Heath (1998); Heath (1977, 2006 a, 2010a); Heath & Cane (2010); Gordon (2010).

Note: Information for this species has not yet been entered into the Cane (2011) website.