Ixodes robbinsi D. Apanaskevich & Edgy 2022, n. sp.

• Published in: Arctic Science
• 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 robbinsi; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Finch; Ten Mile; Rocky Point; Salmon Creek; Goat Island; Rock Point; Archipelago; Wrangell Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6974977; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6974977

Ixodes robbinsi D. Apanaskevich & Edgy n. sp. Type-host: American robin— Turdus migratorius Linnaeus (Passeriformes: Turdidae). Other hosts: Ruffed grouse— Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus) (Galliformes: Phasianidae), black-headed grosbeak— Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson) (Passeriformes: Cardinalidae), dark-eyed junco— Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus), song sparrow— Melospiza melodia (Wilson), Savannah sparrow— Passerculus sandwichensis (Gmelin), sooty fox sparrow— Passerella unalaschensis (Gmelin), golden-crowned sparrow— Zonotrichia atricapilla (Gmelin), white-crowned sparrow— Zonotrichia leucophrys (Forster) (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), purple finch— Haemorhous purpureus (Gmelin) (Passeriformes: Fringillidae), black-capped chickadee— Poecile atricapillus Linnaeus (Passeriformes: Paridae), house sparrow— Passer domesticus (Linnaeus) (Passeriformes: Passeridae), Bewick’s wren— Thryomanes bewickii (Audubon), Pacific wren— Troglodytes pacificus Baird (Passeriformes: Troglodytidae). Type-locality: USA: Oregon: Tillamook County: Netarts. Other localities: Canada: British Columbia: Vancouver Island, Rocky Point, Rocky Point Bird Observatory; USA: Alaska: Alexander Archipelago, Wrangell Island; Juneau, Gold Creek, Salmon Creek; California: Mendocino County, Ten Mile River; Napa County, Mead Ranch; Oregon: Curry County, near Brookings, Goat Island; Tillamook County: Hebo, Tillamook; Washington: Kitsap County: Hansville Road c. 8 km north of junction with Highway 104; Olympic Mountains. Type-material: Holotype female, from T. migratorius, Netarts (~ 45°26’N, 123°56’W), Tillamook County, Oregon, USA, 3.iii.1930, A. Walker (AW) and R. Walker (RW); deposited in the USNTC (USNMENT 00987201). Paratypes: 10 females. USA: Oregon: Tillamook County, Hebo (~ 45°13’N, 123°51’W): 1 female, from P. domesticus, 25.viii.1932, USNMENT 00987238; Tillamook County, Netarts: 1 female, from P. unalaschensis, 5.iii.1930, AW and RW, USNMENT 00987204; same locality: 1 female, from T. migratorius, 21.iii.1930, AW and RW, USNMENT 00987239; same ...