Ixodes apronophorus Schulze, 1924

Fedorov, Denis & Hornok, Sándor, 2024, Checklist of hosts, illustrated geographical range, and ecology of tick species from the genus Ixodes (Acari, Ixodidae) in Russia and other post-Soviet countries, ZooKeys 1201, pp. 255-343 : 255-343

Ixodes apronophorus Schulze, 1924

Ixodes apronophorus Schulze, 1924: 281.

Ixodes arvicolae Warburton, 1926: 55; Morel and Pérez 1978: 201.

Ixodes arvalis Karpov & Popov, 1944: 75; Morel and Pérez 1978: 201.

Ixodes dorrien-smilhi Turk: Morel and Pérez 1978: 201.

Ixodes dorriensmithi Turk: Morel and Pérez 1978: 201.

Recorded hosts.

Mammalia: Alexandromys oeconomus (tundra vole), Apodemus agrarius (striped field mouse), Apodemus flavicollis (yellow-necked field mouse), Apodemus sylvaticus (wood mouse), Arvicola amphibius (European water vole), Cricetus cricetus (European hamster), Craseomys rufocanus (grey red-backed vole), Erinaceus europaeus Linnaeus (European hedgehog), Eutamias sibiricus (Siberian chipmunk), Lasiopodomys gregalis (narrow-headed vole), Lepus timidus (mountain hare), Micromys minutus (Eurasian harvest mouse), Microtus arvalis (common vole), Microtus agrestis (Linnaeus) (short-tailed field vole), Mus musculus (house mouse), Mustela nivalis (least weasel), Mustela sibirica Pallas (Siberian weasel), Myodes glareolus (bank vole), Myodes rutilus (northern red-backed vole), Myopus schisticolor (wood lemming), Neomys fodiens (Eurasian water shrew), Nothocricetulus migratorius (grey dwarf hamster), Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus) (muskrat), Rattus rattus (Linnaeus) (black rat), Sicista betulina (northern birch mouse), Sorex araneus (common shrew), Sorex caecutiens (Laxmann’s shrew), Sorex daphaenodon (Siberian large-toothed shrew), Sorex isodon (taiga shrew), Sorex minutus (Eurasian pygmy shrew), Sorex roboratus (flat-skulled shrew), Talpa europaea Linnaeus (European mole), Vulpes vulpes (red fox) ( Filippova 1977).

Aves: Anas crecca Linnaeus (Eurasian teal) ( Adamovich 1968), Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus) (common moorhen) ( Filippova 1977), Motacilla alba (white wagtail), Turdus merula Linnaeus (common blackbird) ( Adamovich 1968).

Recorded locations

(Fig. 6 ). Russia: Arkhangelsk Oblast ( Olenev 1931 a), Karelia ( Lutta 1976), Saint-Petersburg ( Tretyakov 2009), Leningrad Oblast ( Sukhomlinova 1977), Vologda Oblast, Tver Oblast ( Filippova 1977; Belova et al. 2008), Moscow Oblast ( Mosolov 1961), the whole territory of the Upper-Volga ( Egorov et al. 2016), Samara Oblast ( Kirillova and Kirillov 2008 a), Bryansk Oblast ( Adamovich 1968), Voronezh Oblast, Nyzhny Novgorod Oblast ( Solovyov 1966), Chuvash Republic ( Petrov et al. 1967), Krasnodar Krai ( Kalita and Pelipeychenko 1957; Shevchenko et al. 1960), Kabardino-Balkaria ( Bittirova et al. 2019), Dagestan ( Aliev et al. 2012), Perm Krai, Chelyabinsk Oblast ( Filippova 1958 a), Ekaterinburg ( Chernousova and Tolkachyov 2009), Omsk Oblast (Znamenskiy district and Bolsheukov district) ( Sabitova et al. 2023), Khanty-Mansiysk ( Popov 1967), Surgut ( Petukhov et al. 2018), Novosibirsk Oblast (Novosibirsk and Toguchinsky District) ( Mal’kova and Bogdanov 2004), Tyumen Oblast – Nyzhnevartovsk ( Starikov et al. 2017 a), Kurgan Oblast ( Starikov and Starikova 2021), Salekhard ( Starikov et al. 2017 a), Tomsk Oblast (Chainsky District) ( Mal’kova and Bogdanov 2004), Kemerovo Oblast, Altai Krai, Altai Republic ( Bogdanov and Yakimenko 2016), Krasnoyarsk Krai – Podkamennaya Tunguska River and the rural locality Bolshoy Kemchug ( Voltsyt 1997). Ukraine: Volyn Polesie ( Adamovich 1968), outskirts of Kyiv ( Akimov and Nebogatkin 2013), Cherkassy Oblast ( Nikitchenko 2011), the North-Western seacoast of the Black Sea ( Rusev 2009). Belarus: throughout the whole territory ( Subbotina and Osmolovsky 2022). Moldova: reedbeds of the lower reaches of the Prut River ( Uspenskaya et al. 1984). Kazakhstan: Jambyl Region ( Galuzo 1950), Jetisu Region – outskirts of Taldykorgan and Jarkent, Almaty Region – outskirts of Sarkand and Almaty ( Golov 1933; Sorokoumov 1937; Ushakova and Fedosenko 1972; Ushakova et al. 1976). Kyrgyastan: outskirts of Bishkek, Tokmak Reserve ( Grebenyuk 1966), Chuy Valley ( Kharadov et al. 2013).

Ecology and other information.

Ixodes apronophorus has a wide distribution in the Northern Palearctic from the Atlantic coast to Eastern Siberia. Its geographical range generally coincides with the distribution of the water vole, its most frequent host, as both the tick and its common host prefer swampy and humid places for living, especially near water bodies.

Figures

Figure 6. Map of Russia and neighboring countries showing the locations where Ixodes apronophorus was reported.