Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904

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 : 8

9. Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904 .

An Australasian species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Struthioniformes : Apterygidae .Adults and nymphs have been collected from Anseriformes : Anatidae . There are no records of Ixodes anatis causing human parasitism.

M: Dumbleton (1953); see note below

F: Chilton (1904)

N: Chilton (1904); see note below

L: Dumbleton (1953)

Redescriptions

M: Kwak and Heath (2018)

F: Nuttall (1916), Kwak and Heath (2018)

N: Nuttall (1916), Kwak and Heath (2018)

L: Kwak and Heath (2018)

Note: Chilton (1904) allegedly described the male of Ixodes anatis , but the specimens used for its description were recognized as nymphs by Nuttall (1916). Camicas et al. (1998) list the larva of Ixodes anatis (as a synonym of Scaphixodes apteridis ) as undescribed, but this stage was described in Dumbleton (1953). Heath and Kwak (2019) discovered lost type material of Ixodes anatis and designated a lectotype for this species.