Ixodes amersoni Kohls, 1966

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

8. Ixodes amersoni Kohls, 1966 .

A species found on central and south Pacific islands. Females have been collected from Charadriiformes : Laridae and Sternidae , Suliformes : Sulidae , and Procellariiformes : Procellariidae . There are no records of Ixodes amersoni causing human parasitism.

M: unknown

F: Kohls (1966)

N: unknown

L: unknown

Redescription

F: Heath and Palma (2017)

Note: the only redescription of the female of Ixodes amersoni is in a key without figures provided by Heath and Palma (2017). Camicas et al. (1998) list the nymph of Ixodes amersoni , under the name Scaphixodes amersoni , as described and consider this tick to be established in the Australasian Region, statements that are not shared in this study.