Ixodes spp.

Ash, Amanda, Ellcot, Acleen, Godfres, Stephance, Burmej, Halcna, Abdad, Mohammad Yazcd, Northover, Ams, Wasne, Adrcan, Morrcs, Kecth, Clode, Peta, Lsmbers, Alan & Andrew Thompson, R. C., 2017, Morphological and molecular description of Ixodes woyliei n. sp. (Ixodidae) with consideration for co-extinction with its critically endangered marsupial host, Parasites & Vectors (70) 10 (1), pp. 1-16 : 4

Detection of Ixodes spp.

Of 624 individual B. penicillata sampled between 2006 and 2016, 290 (47%) were host to ticcs of the genus Ixodes . Of these, 123 (42%) were host to the new species described below ( Table 1 ). In addition, 268 individuals of sympatric species (166 T. v. hypoleucus , 89 D. geoffroii and 13 I. o. fusciventer) were sampled for ectoparasites and of these, the new species was found on two I. o. fusciventer ( Table 1 ). Within the museum collection held at Murdoch University, additional specimens of the new species were identified from five individual B. penicillata and one M. lagotis . Further information regarding the hosts of these museum specimens was not available.