Biology:Ixodes ceylonensis

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Short description: Species of tick

Ixodes ceylonensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Ixodes
Species:
I. ceylonensis
Binomial name
Ixodes ceylonensis
Kohls, 1950
Synonyms
  • Ixodes (Afrixodes) cecylonensis Morel, 1966

Ixodes ceylonensis is a hard-bodied tick of the genus Ixodes. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.[1] It is an obligate ectoparasite of mammals.

Parasitism

Adults parasitize various smaller mammals such as Herpestes smithii, Rattus rattus, Crocidura miya, Suncus montanus, Solisorex pearsoni, Madromys blanfordi, Felis chaus, Felis bengalensis.[2] Nymphs were recorded from Suncus murinus and Rattus species, whereas larva was found from these species and also from Mus booduga.[3] It is a potential vector of Kyasanur Forest disease virus.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details : Ixodes ceylonensis Kohls, 1950". Catalogue of Life. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/47b67efb9043977c508aab777db84698. Retrieved 6 February 2017. 
  2. ↑ "Record of five new endemic small mammal hosts for four ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. https://www.academia.edu/15416306. Retrieved 6 February 2017. 
  3. ↑ Rajagopalan, P. K; Boshell, Jorge M (1966). "Hosts and Life Cycle of Ixodes ceylonensis Kohls, 1950, with Descriptions of Its Male, Nymph, and Larva". The Journal of Parasitology 52 (6): 1203–1209. doi:10.2307/3276369. PMID 5926344. 
  4. ↑ Sreenivasan, M. A.; Rajagopalan, P. K. (1981). "Ixodid ticks on cattle and buffaloes in the Kyasanur forest disease area of Karnataka State [1981"]. Indian Journal of Medical Research. http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=US201302618486. Retrieved 6 February 2017. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10538592 entry




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