Ixodes downsi Kohls, 1957b

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 : 26

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4576236
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scientific name	Ixodes downsi Kohls, 1957b
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A Neotropical species, a female of which was collected from Caprimulgiformes: Steatornithidae , while a larva was found on Chiroptera : Phyllostomidae . Additional specimens have been collected from cave walls and bat guano ( Kohls, 1957b, González-Acuña et al. 2008). There are no records of Ixodes downsi causing human parasitism.

M: Kohls (1957b)

F: Kohls (1957b)

N: Kohls (1957b)

L: Kohls (1957b)

Redescriptions: none

References

Gonzalez-Acuna, D., Nava, S., Mangold, A. J. & Guglielmone, A. A. (2008) Ixodes downsi Kohls, 1957 in Venezuela. Systematic & Applied Acarology, 13, 39 - 42. https: // doi. org / 10.11158 / saa. 13.1.4

Kohls, G. M. (1957 b) Ixodes downsi, a new species of tick from a cave in Trinidad, British West Indies (Acarina-Ixodidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 59, 257 - 264.