Ixodes simplex Neumann, 1906

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 : 66

211. Ixodes simplex Neumann, 1906 .

An Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental and Palearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae and Rhinolophidae , but they have also been collected from Chiroptera : Miniopteridae with rare records of adults from Rodentia : Muridae , and larvae from Chiroptera : Pteropodidae ( Guglielmone & Robbins 2018, Michalik et al. 2020). There are no bona fide records of Ixodes simplex causing human parasitism.

M: Arthur (1956a), under the name Ixodes spiculae , a synonym of Ixodes simplex

F: Neumann (1906)

N: Arthur (1956a)

L: Bedford (1934)

Redescriptions

M: Beaucournu (1962), Arthur (1965), Roberts (1970), Nosek and Sixl (1972), Teng (1973), Filippova (1977), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Teng and Jiang (1991), Siuda (1993), Slovák (2010), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017), Sándor et al. (2018)

F: Neumann (1911a) , Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Arthur (1956 a, 1965), Hoogstraal (1956a), Roberts (1960, 1970), Elbl and Anastos (1966b), Yamaguti et al. (1971), Filippova (1972, 1977), Nosek and Sixl (1972), Teng (1973), Yamaguti (1981), Matthysse and Colbo (1987), Teng and Jiang (1991), Siuda (1993), Slovák (2010), Hornok et al. (2014, 2015a), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017)

N: Roberts (1960, 1970), Arthur (1956 a, 1965), Yamaguti et al. (1971), Filippova (1972, 1977), Nosek and Sixl (1972), Teng and Jiang (1991), Manilla and Iori (1993), Siuda (1993), Slovák (2014), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017) L: Arthur (1956 a, 1965), Sénevet and Ripert (1967a), Roberts (1969), Filippova (1972, 1977), Nosek and Sixl (1972), Teng and Jiang (1991), Manilla and Iori (1992), Márquez et al. (1992), Siuda (1993), Slovák (2014), Estrada-Peña et al. (2017)

Note: Hornok et al. (2015b) and Evans et al. (2019) present molecular evidence indicating that more than one species may be represented under the name Ixodes simplex .