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Checklist for Order Ixodida Sundevall, 1833 (hard ticks)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
270
1110
2490
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
232
968
2182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
157
416
797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
38
110
261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ixodida
Sundevall, 1833
Hard ticks, Soft ticks, Tick, Ticks
3
11
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melanesia
3 Families width 35 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amblyommidae (Banks, 1907)16SpeciesTaxom
Argasidae (C. L. Koch, 1844)Soft tick6SpeciesTaxom
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844Hard Tick13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melanesia
11 Genera with 35 Species
Amblyomma hirtum. Neumann, 18788SpeciesTaxom
Aponomma Neuman, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Argas Latreille, 1975American Dog Tick2SpeciesTaxom
Boophilus Curtice, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Carios Latreille, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Dermacentor Koch, 1821Dog Ticks1SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 19484SpeciesTaxom
Hyalomma Koch, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 18958SpeciesTaxom
Ornithodoros C. L. Koch, 1901Soft-bodied Tick1SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicephalus Ziemanni Neu..., 18064SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
35 Species and 1 Subspecies
Amblyomma cyprium aeratipes (Schulze, 1932)⇒ Amblyomma breviscutatum Neumann, 1899
Amblyomma (Cernyomma) breviscutatum Neumann, 1899
Amblyomma fimbriatum Koch, 1844Tropical reptile tick
Amblyomma fuscolineatum Lucas, 1847
Amblyomma laticaudae Warburton, 1933
Amblyomma limbatum Neumann, 1899Reptile tick
Amblyomma oudemansi Neumann, 1910
Amblyomma trimaculatum Lucas, 1878
Aponomma fimbriatum (Schulze, 1935)⇒ Amblyomma fimbriatum Koch, 1844
Aponomma trimaculatum (Neumann, 1899)⇒ Amblyomma trimaculatum Lucas, 1878
Argas (Persicargas) keiransi Estrada-Peña..., 2003
Argas africolumbae Hoogstraal, ..., 1975
Boophilus microplus (Canestrini, 1888)⇒ Rhipicephalus australis Fuller, 1899
Carios capensis Neumann, 1901Seabird soft tick
Carios maritimus Vermeil & Ma..., 1967Marine argasid
Carios rennellensis Clifford & S..., 1962
Dermacentor variabilis Say, 1821American dog tick
Haemaphysalis (Kaiseriana) longicornis Neumann, 1901Asian longhorn tick
Haemaphysalis anomala Warburton, 1913
Haemaphysalis novaeguineae (Hirst, 1914)⇒ Haemaphysalis anomala Warburton, 1913
Haemaphysalis ratti Kohls, 1948Rat tick
Hyalomma (Hyalommasta) aegyptium (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Hyalomma truncatum Koch, 1844
Ixodes (Ceratixodes) uriae White, 1852Common seabird tick
Ixodes collocaliae Schulze, 1937
Ixodes confusus Roberts, 1960
Ixodes cordifer (Neumann, 1908)⇒ Ixodes confusus Roberts, 1960
Ixodes dendrolagi Wilson, 1967
Ixodes eichhorni Nuttall, 1916
Ixodes priscicollaris Schulze, 1932
Ixodes signatus Birula, 1895
Ornithodoros (Alectorobius) capensis (Neumann, 1901)⇒ Carios maritimus Vermeil & Ma..., 1967
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) australis Fuller, 1899Australian cattle tick
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus Canestrini, 1888Asian blue tick
Rhipicephalus (Eurhipicephalus) sanguineus Latreille, 1806
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806

Subnodes of Ixodida with occurrences in Melanesia
SuborderArgasina
Van der Hammen, 1968
1
3
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderIxodides
Leach, 1815
Ticks
1
3
13
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderIxodina
Roth, 1851
1
5
16
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