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 amersoni Kohls, 1966 Host(s) Seabird: Pterodroma lessonii . Distribution World: Phoenix Island , Enderbury Island , Phoenix Islands group, Pacific Ocean. New Zealand : Curtis Island , Kermadec Islands. References: Kohls (1966) ; Amerson (1968) ; Heath (2010a) . Note: Other recorded hosts for this tick are the white tern ( Gygis alba ) and the red-footed booby ( Sula sula ). The record from the blue-grey noddy ( Procelsterna cerulea albivitta ) in Heath (2010a: 13, 16) is erroneous.