Known and potential ticks and tick-borne pathogens of Micronesia
Author
Velde, Nancy Vander Velde And Brian Vander
Author
O., P.
nancyv @ ntamar. net
nancyv@ntamar.net
text
Micronesica
2013
2013
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1
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journal article
299044
10.5281/zenodo.12117350
88b107e9-e7b3-44a7-b88f-d50d1f124259
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12117350
Ixodes ornithorhynchi
Lucus, 1846
Kohls (1957)
discounted the platypus tick,
Ixodes ornithorhynchi
, for
Micronesia
, and that seems correct. The 1899 report was from “Isle Marianne” (
Rainbow 1906
). If not referring to the
Mariana Islands
, but to the Australian island “Mary Anne,” it is still problematic because that island does not have the habitat for its host either. It would be interesting to re-examine the collected specimen to determine what actually was found. This tick is not included in the listing of
Table 1
.