Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E45B65-8924-E263-E031-FC162DA8FAB6 |
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Felipe |
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Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904 |
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Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904 View in CoL
This tick is distributed in Australian, Ethiopian, Nearctic and Neotropical zoogeographic regions, with a variable and discontinuous distribution in countries such as Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay ( Barros-Battesti et al. 2006; Bermudez et al. 2015b). Normally, it infests Seiurus aurocapillus birds ( Parulidae ), Catharus gracilirostris , Turdus nigrescens , T. plebejus (Turdidae) , Thryorchilus browni (Troglodytidae) , Junco vulcani (Emberizidae) and Oreophasis derbianus (Cracidae) . All the stages have been described in the MNHN (Barros-Batesti et al. 2006; Bermudez et al. 2015a). This tick inhabits regions with low temperatures, such as highlands in equatorial mountains ( Bermudez et al. 2015b).
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