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 …

Background Ixodes barkeri, a tick with a distinctive ventrolateral horn-like projection on
palpal segment 1, was described in 2019 from two male ticks from the Wet Tropics of Far …

Ticks are important vectors of human and animal pathogens, but many questions remain
unanswered regarding their taxonomy. Molecular sequencing methods have allowed …

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 …

Ticks are deemed to be second only to mosquitoes as the most common vector of human
infectious diseases worldwide that give rise to human and animal diseases and economic …

We inferred the phylogenetic and phylogeographic relationships in ticks, which were
identified morphologically as Ixodes holocyclus and Ixodes cornuatus, from mitochondrial …

Ixodes persulcatus, the taiga tick, is a three-host tick. Under laboratory conditions (20° C, 12
h light/dark cycle) the life-cycle takes about 250 days (Konnai et al. in Jpn J Vet Res 55: 85 …

Background Taxonomic identification of ticks obtained during a longitudinal survey of the
critically endangered marsupial, Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 (woylie, brush-tailed …

A new subgenus, Australixodes n. subgen., is described for the kiwi tick, Ixodes anatis
Chilton, 1904. The subgenus Coxixodes Schulze, 1941 is validated for the platypus tick …

Ticks of the genus Ixodes have recently assumed prominence because they frequently serve
as vectors of important zoonoses, including Lyme disease and babesiosis. The …