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Specific parasite of swiftlets (Collocalia) nesting in caves. Males were collected only from swiftlet nests and from the walls of a cave. Literature: Wilson (1964, 1970), Hoogstraal (1982).
41. Ixodes columnae Takada and Fujita, 1992  Map 17 Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, and Shikoku). Nymphs and larvae were collected from rodents, pheasant, humans, and vegetation. A female molted from an engorged nymph. Males have not been described. Vector of Lyme disease. Literature: Takada and Fujita (1992).
42. Ixodes conepati Cooley and Kohls, 1943  Map 57 USA (Òåõàs and New Mexico). Females, nymphs, and larvae are found on skunks Mephitis mephitis and Conepatus sp., raccoons Bassariscus astutus, and rock ground squirrels Spermophilus variegatus. Males were collected from the walls of a cave. Literature: Keirans and Clifford (1974, 1978).
43. Ixodes confusus Roberts, 1960  Map 6 Australia (Queensland) and New Guinea. A few males and females were collected on the wallaby Dorcopsis muelleri, cattle, a horse, and humans. Literature: Roberts (1960, 1970), Hoogstraal (1982).
44. Ixodes cookei Packard, 1869  Map 9 Canada (Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, New Scotland, and Prince Edward Islands), USA (eastern states to the west as far as Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, and Òåõàs), and Mexico (Veracruz and Nuevo Léon). All stages parasitize small and middle-sized mammals, usually infesting carnivores and the marmot Marmota monax. Ticks attach to humans as well. All stages are known. Literature: Keirans and Clifford (1978), Montiel-Parra et al. (2007).
45. Ixodes cooleyi Aragão and Fonseca, 1951  Map 56 Bolivia. Species known from two females collected on tuco-tucos Ctenomys spp., Rodentia. Literature: Guglielmone et al. (2003a).
46. Ixodes copei Wilson, 1980  Map 47 Jamaica. Species is known from a single female collected on the mockingbird Mimus polyglottos and three larvae collected on the thrush Turdus jamaicensis. Literature: Guglielmone et al. (2003à).
47. Ixodes cordifer Neumann, 1908  Map 2 Australia (Queensland), New Guinea, and Sulawesi Island (?). Adults mainly parasitize cuscuses (Phalangeridae), but nymphs were found on birds and small marsupials. Literature: Roberts (1970), Hoogstraal (1982), Petney and Keirans (1994).
48. Ixodes cornuae Arthur, 1960 Map 47 Chile (Cape Horn) and Ecuador. This species is known only from four females and some nymphs. In Ecuador, three females were collected from a bird similar to quail. Literature: Gonzalez-Acuña and Guglielmone (2005), Guglielmone et al. (2003à).
49. Ixodes cornuatus Roberts, 1960  Map 62 Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania). Adults were collected from the marsupials Vombatus ursinus, Macropus robustus, and Phascolactos cinereus, various domestic animals, and humans. These ticks are often found on dogs. Nymphs and larvae have not been described. This species may in fact be a variety of I. holocyclus. Literature: Roberts (1960, 1970).
50. Ixodes cornutus Lotozkyi, 1956  Map 12 Tajikistan. This species was described from two females collected on the ermine Mustela erminea. Literature: Filippova (1977).
51. Ixodes corwini Keirans, Clifford and Walker, 1982  Map 53 Republic of South Africa (Cape Province and Natal). Adults and nymphs were found on otter, mongooses, genets, and domestic dogs. Larva is not described. Literature: Keirans et al. (1982).
52. Ixodes crenulatus Koch, 1844 Ixodes canisuga Johnston, 1849 ? Ixodes prokopyevi Emelyanova, 1979 Map 2 Europe from Ireland and Great Britain to the north as far as Denmark, Germany, Poland, and Byelorussia, and to the south as far as Spain, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Ukraine; steppe and forest-steppe zones of Russia as far as Altai Kray, Tuva, Buryatia, Chita Oblast, Amur Oblast (unpublished data), and Primorsky Kray; Asia to the south as far as Iran, Afghanistan, India (Kashmir), and China (Xingjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia). Principal hosts of all stages are rodents (marmots) and carnivores (Mustelidae and Canidae). In Great Britain and France, ticks frequently infest dogs. Literature: Dash et al. (1988), Li (1987), Teng and Jiang (1991).
53. Ixodes cuernavacensis Kohls and Clifford, 1966  Map 8 Mexico. A single female was collected from the swift Streptoprocne semicollaris. Literature: Kohls and Clifford (1966).
54. Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus Schulze, 1943 Map 53 Africa, from Senegal to the east as far as Kenya, and to the south as far as Zimbabwe and Zaire. Adult ticks parasitize various mammals, including artiodactyls, carnivores, hyraxes, and rodents. Immature ticks mainly feed on small mammals and occasionally on birds. Literature: Arthur (1965), Elbl and Anastos (1966), Yeoman and Walker (1967), Walker (1974).
55. Ixodes dampfi Cooley, 1943 Map 47 Mexico. Described from five females collected on gopher Geomys sp. Literature: Cooley and Kohls (1945). 56. Ixodes daveyi Nuttall, 1913  Map 55 Uganda, Zaire, Kenya, Malawi, and the Republic of South Africa. Species known from some females collected on birds. Male was described but may belong to another species (Morel and Perez, 1977). Literature: Arthur (1965), Keirans et al. (1972). |