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Ixodes cookei

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Species of tick

Ixodes cookei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Ixodes
Species: I. cookei
Binomial name
Ixodes cookei
Packard, 1869

Ixodes cookei is a species of tick in the genus Ixodes. It is normally a parasite of carnivorans, such as raccoons, foxes, and weasels, but has also been recorded on the groundhog (Marmota monax) and the marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris). In the northeastern United States, it is a vector of Powassan virus.

See also

References

  1. Levine et al., 1991, p. 668; Reeves et al., 2002, p. 50
  2. Reeves et al., 2002, p. 50

Literature cited

  • Levine, J.F.; Sonenshine, D.E.; Nicholson, W.L.; Turner, R.T. (1991). "Borrelia burgdorferi in Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from Coastal Virginia". Journal of Medical Entomology. 28 (5): 668–674. doi:10.1093/jmedent/28.5.668. PMID 1941936.
  • Reeves, W.K.; Durden, L.A.; Ritzi, C.M.; Beckham, K.R.; Super, P.E.; OConnor, B.M. (2007). "Ectoparasites and other ectosymbiotic arthropods of vertebrates in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA". Zootaxa. 1392 (1): 31. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1392.1.2.
Taxon identifiers
Ixodes cookei
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