Ixodes kingi Bishopp, 1911

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 : 38-39

116. Ixodes kingi Bishopp, 1911 .

A Nearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Carnivora (several families), and Rodentia (several families); adults and larvae have also been collected from Lagomorpha : Leporidae , while larvae and nymphs have been recovered from Lagomorpha : Ochotonidae . Ixodes kingi is a rare parasite of humans.

M: Bishopp (1911)

F: Bishopp (1911)

N: Hooker et al. (1912)

L: Hooker et al. (1912)

Redescriptions

M: Hooker et al. (1912), Cooley and Kohls (1945), Gregson (1956), Keirans and Clifford (1978), Furman and Loomis (1984), Keirans and Litwak (1989), Lindquist et al. (2016)

F: Hooker et al. (1912), Cooley and Kohls (1945), Gregson (1956), Keirans and Clifford (1978), Furman and Loomis (1984), Keirans and Litwak (1989), Lindquist et al. (2016)

N: Cooley and Kohls (1945), Gregson (1956), Durden and Keirans (1996), Furman and Loomis (1984), Lindquist et al. (2016)

L: Allred et al. (1960), Sénevet and Ripert (1967a), Furman and Loomis (1984), Webb et al. (1990), Kleinjan and Lane (2008), Lindquist et al. (2016)

Note: Gregson (1971) found differences in morphology and host utilization among populations of Ixodes kingi that are geographically separated, but crosses between those populations produced viable F 2 larvae.