A Review On Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea: Ixodidae, Argasidae), Associated Pathogens And Diseases Of Trinidad And Tobago Author Basu, A. K. Author Basu, M. Author Adesiyun, A. A. text Acarologia 2012 2012-03-30 52 1 39 50 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20122034 journal article 7340 10.1051/acarologia/20122034 af1c13af-ed12-4d49-ba0d-eb5e1886de63 2107-7207 4667077 Ixodes luciae Aitken et al. (1969) recorded I. luciae during their survey of arthropods for natural viral infections. Everard and Tikasingh (1973) found I. luciae on rodents ( Oryzomys capito and Proechimys guyannensis ) from Turure Forest. In 1974, Smith recorded I. luciae from small wild animals from Trinidad . Distribution: Argentina , Brazil , Bolivia , Colombia , Guyana , Guatemala , Peru , Mexico , Nicaragua , Surinam , Venezuela . Belize , Costa Rica , Ecuador , French Guiana and Panama ( Guglielmone et al. 2011 )