Ixodes brunneus Koch, 1844

Ixodes brunneus Koch, 1844 a: 232 .

Ixodes californicus Banks, 1904: Keirans and Clifford 1978: 54.

Ixodes kelloggi Nuttall & Warburton, 1907: Cooley and Kohls 1945: 205.

Recorded hosts.

Aves: Lanius collurio (red-backed shrike) (Filippova 1977)

Recorded locations

(Fig. 35). Ukraine: Crimea – Sudak City Municipality, the village Perevalivka (Filippova 1977).

Ecology and other information.

Ixodes brunneus is a tick occurring mainly in the Americas being predominantly a parasite of passerine birds (Filippova 1977). The only record in Crimea on a red-backed shrike is considered a case of accidental introduction (Tsapko 2020).