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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.273680
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6243945
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scientific name	Ixodes texanus
status

Treatment

Ixodes texanus Banks—raccoon tick

Ex Procyon lotor (raccoon): TN, Blount Co., Cades Cove, 19791980 (Rabinowitz et al. 1983); 1 F, GSMNP, 18 Aug. 1988, R. Thompson, RML 119897.

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) .

Abbreviations

GSMNP

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Ixodida
Family	Ixodidae
Genus	Ixodes

Specimens