Ixodes minor

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Ixodidae Scientific name Ixodes minor		Phylum Arthropoda Order Ixodida Genus Ixodes Rank Species
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Ixodes minor is a species of tick in the genus Ixodes. Some reported hosts are:

Cardinalis cardinalis (Georgia)

Seiurus noveboracensis (Georgia)

Thryothorus ludovicianus (Georgia)

Zonotrichia albicollis (Georgia)

Troglodytes aedon (Georgia)

Oryzomys palustris (South Carolina)

Peromyscus gossypinus (Georgia)

Literature cited

Clark, K.L., Oliver, J.H., Jr., Grego, J.M., James, A.M., Durden, L.A. and Banks, C.W. 2001. Host associations of ticks parasitizing rodents at Borrelia burgdorferi enzootic sites in South Carolina (subscription required). Journal of Parasitology 87(6):1379–1386.

Wilson, N. and Durden, L.A. 2003. Ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting the Georgia Barrier Islands, USA: an inventory and preliminary biogeographical analysis (subscription required). Journal of Biogeography 30(8):1207–1220.

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Ixodes minor Wikipedia

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