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
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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.