Biology:Ixodes marxi

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Short description: Species of tick

Ixodes marxi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Ixodes
Species:
I. marxi
Binomial name
Ixodes marxi
Banks, 1908

Ixodes marxi is a species of tick, commonly known as the squirrel tick.[1] It is a known vector of Powassan virus and can transmit the virus to human beings. [2] These ticks can be found in numerous states of the United States as well as numerous Canadian provinces. Nymphs have been found on vegetation. Hosts include the eastern chipmunk,[3] American red squirrel, Eastern gray squirrel, flying squirrels, snowshoe hares, foxes, and raccoons.[4]

References

  1. "Squirrel Tick (Ixodes marxi)" (in en-US). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1257366-Ixodes-marxi. 
  2. Sanderson, Mark; Lindsay, L. Ro,bbin; Campbell, T. Mark; Morshed, Muhammad (17 December 2018). "A case of Powassan encephalitis acquired in southern Quebec" (in en). CMAJ 190 (50): E1478–E1480. doi:10.1503/cmaj.180905. ISSN 0820-3946. PMID 30559280. PMC 6291391. https://www.cmaj.ca/content/190/50/E1478.short. Retrieved 24 March 2022. 
  3. Whitaker, John O.; Pascal, D. D.; Mumford, Russell M. (7 November 1979). "Ectoparasites of the Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus Hudsonicus) and the Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias Striatus) from Indiana1". Journal of Medical Entomology 16 (4): 350–351. doi:10.1093/jmedent/16.4.350. PMID 541812. https://academic.oup.com/jme/article/16/4/350/2219657?login=true. Retrieved 29 March 2022. 
  4. Jackson, Lorraine K.; Goddard, Jerome (1995). "New State Records for Ticks in Mississippi". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 68 (1): 119–120. ISSN 0022-8567. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25085568. Retrieved 27 March 2022. 

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