Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) Author Heath, Allen C. G. AgResearch, National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease, Wallaceville, P. O. Box 40063, Upper Hutt, New Zealand, 5140 allen.heath@agresearch.co.nz Author Palma, Ricardo L. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand ricardop@tepapa.govt.nz Author Cane, Rachel P. Mosquito Consulting Services (NZ), P. O. Box 69 - 198, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand rachel.cane@mcspty.com Author Hardwick, Scott Biosecurity Group, AgResearch, Private Bag 4749, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand scott.hardwick@agresearch.co.nz text Zootaxa 2011 2011-08-15 2995 55 63 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.203775 243330e0-1613-42ec-a6dd-60c80c56a438 1175-5326 203775 Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904 Host(s) Land birds: Apteryx mantelli , Apteryx australis lawryi , Apteryx australis australis ; Anas superciliosa , A. platyrhynchos , Branta canadensis maxima , Gallirallus australis hectori (Chatham Islands; possibly a contaminant). Distribution World: New Zealand . New Zealand : Widespread in northern two-thirds of North Island and southern South Island ; Stewart Island . References: Chilton (1904) ; Nuttall (1916) ; Dumbleton (1953 , 1961 , 1963 ); Bishop & Heath (1998) ; Heath (1977 , 2010a , b ); Gordon (2010) ; Cane (2011 , last updated 2009).