Ixodes diversifossus Neumann, 1899

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 : 25

69. Ixodes diversifossus Neumann, 1899 .

A Nearctic species known only to parasitize Carnivora : Procyonidae .

M: unknown

F: Neumann (1899)

N: unknown

L: unknown

Redescriptions

F: Nuttall and Warburton (1911), Cooley and Kohls (1945), Keirans and Clifford (1978); see note below

Note: Ixodes diversifossus is known from two mutilated females, one of which is missing. This species is very similar to Ixodes boliviensis , as discussed in Keirans and Clifford (1978) and Guglielmone et al. (2009), among others; therefore, a comparison of types will be required to determine whether Ixodes boliviensis is a synonym of Ixodes diversifossus or a valid species. According to Keirans and Clifford (1978), Ixodes spinipalpis and Ixodes dentatus have frequently been confused with Ixodes diversifossus . Nuttall and Warburton (1911) state that the figures of Ixodes diversifossus in Banks (1908) are unreliable. See also Ixodes boliviensis for additional taxonomic problems that may have a bearing on the status of Ixodes diversifossus .