Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA
Author
Reeves, Will K.
Author
Durden, Lance A.
Author
Ritzi, Christopher M.
Author
Beckham, Katy R.
Author
Super, Paul E
Author
Oconnor, Barry M.
text
Zootaxa
2007
1392
31
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273680
b16429f8-be10-4681-ae21-d44e1643a345
11755326
273680
Ixodes marxi
Banks
Ex
Glaucomys volans
(southern flying squirrel): 6L,
TN
, Sevier Co., Trillium Gap,
9 Apr. 2002
, K. Walters, L2936.
Ex
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
(red squirrel): 2F, NC, Swain Co., Ravensford,
4 Jul. 2002
, W. K. Reeves, L 2925.
This tick parasitizes sciurid rodents in eastern North
America
(Bishopp & Trembley 1945, Durden & Keirans 1996). There are few records from the southern
United States
and the above records represent the first ones for Tennessee and the Park.