Ixodes confusus Roberts, 1960

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 : 20

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C21A719F-9A6B-4227-8386-1AFA22620614

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4576144

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C04787D4-FFFA-FFD1-FF07-F9B560CBCCFF

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Ixodes confusus Roberts, 1960
status

 

50. Ixodes confusus Roberts, 1960 View in CoL .

An Australasian species, adults of which have been found on Diprotodontia : Macropodidae , Artiodactyla : Bovidae , and Perissodactyla : Equidae . The undescribed nymph was collected from an unknown bird. Ixodes confusus is a very rare parasite of humans.

M: Roberts (1955), under the name Ixodes cordifer , as explained in Roberts (1960)

F: Roberts (1955), under the name Ixodes cordifer , as explained in Roberts (1960)

N: undescribed

L: unknown

Redescriptions

M: Roberts (1960, 1970)

F: Roberts (1960, 1970)

Note: Camicas et al. (1998) state that the nymph of Ixodes confusus is described, but no formal description of this stage has been found. See Ixodes cordifer for additional information on that species’ misidentification as Ixodes confusus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Ixodida

Family

Ixodidae

Genus

Ixodes

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