Molecular-phylogenetic analyses of Ixodes species from South Africa suggest an African origin of bird-associated exophilic ticks (subgenus Trichotoixodes)

S Hornok, J Kontschán, N Takács, H Heyne… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Among hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), the genus Ixodes comprises the
highest number of species, which in turn are most numerous in the Afrotropical …

Redescription of the adult stages of Ixodes (Afrixodes) rasus Neumann 1899, with notes on its phylogenetic position within the genus Ixodes

G D'Amico, A Estrada-Peña, Z Kalmár, T Fuh… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The tick subgenus Afrixodes Morel 1966 (Ixodidae) is distributed in sub-Saharan
Africa. It consists of about 60 species which are described based on a few specimens and/or …

Ixodes inopinatus and Ixodes ricinus (Acari: Ixodidae) Are Sympatric Ticks in North Africa

H Younsi, W Fares, S Cherni… - Journal of Medical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In the present study, we report the sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
and Ixodes inopinatus (Estrada-Peña, Nava, and Petney, 2014) in Tunisia. In total, 173 adult …

Phylogenetic analyses of Ixodes rugicollis with notes on its morphology in comparison with Ixodes cornutus

S Hornok, AD Mihalca, J Kontschán, N Takács… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background The subgenus Pholeoixodes contains Ixodes species typically
associated with birds that nest in cavities or with carnivorous mammals that are burrow …

Description of a new species of Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) and first report of Ixodes lasallei and Ixodes bocatorensis in Brazil

VC Onofrio, AA Guglielmone, DM Barros-Battesti… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2020 - Elsevier
In a recent study, we relegated the taxon Ixodes aragaoi Fonseca, 1935 to a junior synonym
of Ixodes fuscipes Koch, 1844, and reinstated Ixodes spinosus Neumann, 1899 (a former …

Two North African Ixodes Ticks: I. kaiseri sp. nov. from Egyptian Desert Fox Cubs. A redescription of the female and a description of the male of I. festai Rondelli, 1926 …

DR Arthur - The Journal of Parasitology, 1957 - JSTOR
Ixodes ticks are extremely rare and localized in most of North Africa. The discovery of a new
species in Egypt, described herein, raises to 2 the species known from that country. As is …

Phylogenetic analysis of the Australasian paralysis ticks and their relatives (Ixodidae: Ixodes: Sternalixodes)

ML Kwak, I Beveridge, AV Koehler, M Malipatil… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The Australasian paralysis ticks and their relatives, Ixodes Latrielle,
subgenus Sternalixodes Schulze, are some of the most important ticks in the region …

Rediscovery of Ixodes confusus in Australia with the first description of the male from Australia, a redescription of the female and the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of …

D Barker, S Kelava, OD Seeman, R Shao… - International Journal for …, 2022 - Elsevier
We:(i) report the rediscovery of Ixodes (Sternalixodes) confusus Roberts, 1960 in
Australia;(ii) redescribe the male and female of I. confusus;(iii) describe the mitochondrial …

Phylogenetic and phylogeographic relationships in Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes cornuatus (Acari: Ixodidae) inferred from COX1 and ITS2 sequences

S Song, R Shao, R Atwell, S Barker… - International journal for …, 2011 - Elsevier
We inferred the phylogenetic and phylogeographic relationships in ticks, which were
identified morphologically as Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes cornuatus, from mitochondrial …

Contributions to the phylogeny of Ixodes (Pholeoixodes) canisuga, I. (Ph.) kaiseri, I. (Ph.) hexagonus and a simple pictorial key for the identification of their …

S Hornok, AD Sándor, R Beck, R Farkas, L Beati… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background In Europe, hard ticks of the subgenus Pholeoixodes (Ixodidae: Ixodes)
are usually associated with burrow-dwelling mammals and terrestrial birds. Reports of …