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Checklist for Order Ixodida Sundevall, 1833 (hard ticks)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
248
931
1761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
209
804
1356
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
135
272
392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
23
45
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ixodida
Sundevall, 1833
Hard ticks, Soft ticks, Tick, Ticks
4
12
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
4 Families width 40 Species
Amblyommidae (Banks, 1907)18SpeciesTaxom
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844Soft tick9SpeciesTaxom
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844Hard Tick12SpeciesTaxom
Nuttalliellidae Schulze, 19351SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
12 Genera with 40 Species
Amblyomma hirtum. Neumann, 17784SpeciesTaxom
Aponomma Neuman, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Argas Latreille, 1969American Dog Tick5SpeciesTaxom
Boophilus Curtice, 1891
0SpeciesTaxom
Carios Latreille, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 18693SpeciesTaxom
Hyalomma Koch, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 19609SpeciesTaxom
Nuttalliella Bedford, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Ornithodoros C. L. Koch, 1877Soft-bodied Tick1SpeciesTaxom
Otobius Banks, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicephalus Ziemanni Neu..., 184413SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
40 Species
Amblyomma hebraeum Koch, 1844Bont tick
Amblyomma latum Koch, 1844Snake tick
Amblyomma marmoreum Koch, 1844South African Tortoise tick
Amblyomma sylvaticum De Geer, 1778Cape tortoise tick
Argas (Carios) vespertilionis (Neumann, 1896)⇒ 
Argas brumpti Neumann, 1907
Argas striatus Bedford, 1932
Argas theilerae Hoogstraal &..., 1970Theiler's African White-backed vulture argasid
Argas walkerae Kaiser & Hoo..., 1969Southern Fowl tampan
Carios (Carios) vespertilionis Latreille, 1796Bat tampan
Carios capensis Neumann, 1901Seabird soft tick
Haemaphysalis hyracophila Hoogstraal, ..., 1971
Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826African dog tick
Haemaphysalis leporispalustris Packard, 1869Grouse tick
Hyalomma (Hyalomma) truncatum Koch, 1844African bont-leg tick
Ixodes (Ceratixodes) uriae White, 1852Common seabird tick
Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus (Murray, 1852)⇒ Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821
Ixodes catherinei Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Ixodes corwini Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Ixodes daveyi Nuttall, 1913
Ixodes myotomys Clifford & H..., 1970
Ixodes pilosus Koch, 1844Bush tick
Ixodes rubicundus (Neumann, 1904)⇒ Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Ixodes trichosuri Roberts, 1960Possum ixodes
Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931
Ornithodoros moubata (Murray, 1877)⇒ Ornithodoros apertus Walton, 1962
Otobius megnini Dugès, 1884Ear tick
Rhipicephalus (Digineus) bursa (Canestrini &..., 1878)⇒ Rhipicephalus pusillus Gil Collado, 1936
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) appendiculatus Neumann, 1901Brown ear tick
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) arnoldi Theiler & Zumpt, 1949
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) capensis (Koch, 1844)⇒ Rhipicephalus longus Neumann, 1907
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) evertsi Neumann, 1897Red-legged tick
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) gertrudae Feldman-Muhsam, 1960
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) lounsburyi Walker, 1990
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) oculatus Neumann, 1901Eyed tick
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) planus (Neumann, 1907)⇒ Rhipicephalus senegalensis Koch, 1844
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) praetextatus Gerstäcker, 1873
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) pravus Dönitz, 1910
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) simus (Koch, 1844)⇒ 

Subnodes of Ixodida with occurrences in Cape
SuborderArgasina
Van der Hammen, 1968
1
4
9
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderIxodides
Leach, 1815
Ticks
2
4
13
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderIxodina
Roth, 1851
1
4
18
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Ixodida (Sundevall 1833)
Ixodida (Sundevall 1833)


Links, sources and further information
Ixodida at artfakta.se
Ixodida at biodiversity.org.au
Ixodida at dyntaxa.se
Ixodida at gbif.org
Ixodida at itis.gov
Ixodida at marinespecies.org