Ixodes auritulus Neumann 1904

• Main Authors: Apanaskevich, Dmitry A., Apanaskevich, Maria A., Klimov, Pavel B., Edgy, Brett M., Bermúdez, Sergio E., Labruna, Marcelo B., Korzeev, Andrei I., Barker, Stephen C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Ixodida; Ixodidae; Ixodes; Ixodes auritulus; Austral; Clifford; Magallanes; Fuerte; Bulnes; Antártica
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6974961; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6974961

Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904 Synonyms: Ixodes thoracicus Neumann, 1899 nec Koch, 1844; Ixodes auritulus auritulus Neumann, 1904 sensu Kohls & Clifford, 1966. Type-host: Unidentified bird. Other hosts: Thorn-tailed rayadito— Aphrastura spinicauda (Gmelin) (Passeriformes: Furnariidae), grass wren— Cistothorus platensis (Latham) (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae), Austral thrush— Turdus falcklandii Quoy & Gaimard (Passeriformes: Turdidae). Type-locality: Chile: Magallanes Province: Punta Arenas. Other localities: Chile: Antártica Chilena Province: Isla Navarino, Puerto Williams; Magallanes Province: Fuerte Bulnes. Type-material: 4 syntype females, Punta Arenas (~ 53°8’S, 70°55’W), Magallanes Province, Chile, Lebrun; deposited in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France (3 females: No. 2474–83) and École Nationale de Vétérinaire, Toulouse, France (1 female), according to Arthur (1960), who mentioned that these four specimens were badly mutilated. We were not able to confirm the existence of these specimens. Other material: Two females, 24 nymphs and 35 larvae. Chile: Antártica Chilena Province: Isla Navarino (~ 55°4’S, 67°40’W): 1 female, from T. falcklandii, 19.i.1964, G. E. Watson (GEW), USNMENT 00987234; Isla Navarino, Puerto Williams (~ 54°55’S, 67°37’W): 1 nymph and 3 larvae, from T. falcklandii, 2.ii.1964, GEW, USNMENT 00987156; same locality: 1 nymph and 2 larvae, from A. spinicauda, 2.ii.1964, GEW, USNMENT 00987173; Magallanes Province: Fuerte Bulnes (~ 53°36’S, 70°55’W): 2 nymphs and 7 larvae, from A. spinicauda, 17.iv.1971, USNMENT 00987185; same locality: 1 nymph, from A. spinicauda, 17.iv.1971, USNMENT 00987175; same locality: 1 larva, from A. spinicauda, 17.iv.1971, USNMENT 00987194; same locality: 1 nymph, from A. spinicauda, 17.iv.1971, USNMENT 00987193; same locality: 1 larva, from A. spinicauda, 17.iv.1971, USNMENT 00987183; same locality: 2 nymphs and 2 larvae, from A. spinicauda, 17.iv.1971, USNMENT 00987160; same locality: 2 nymphs, from A. spinicauda, 17.iv.1971, USNMENT ...