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Checklist for Order Ixodida Sundevall, 1833 (hard ticks)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
159
544
830
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
127
467
648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
64
102
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
11
18
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ixodida
Sundevall, 1833
Hard ticks, Soft ticks, Tick, Ticks
3
8
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
3 Families width 21 Species
Amblyommidae (Banks, 1907)13SpeciesTaxom
Argasidae C. L. Koch, 1844Soft tick2SpeciesTaxom
Ixodidae (C. L. Koch, 1844)Hard Tick6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
8 Genera with 21 Species
Amblyomma hirtum. Neumann, 17784SpeciesTaxom
Aponomma Neuman, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Argas Latreille, 1969American Dog Tick1SpeciesTaxom
Carios Latreille, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Hyalomma Koch, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 19045SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicephalus Ziemanni Neu..., 18448SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
21 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 walkerae Kaiser & Hoo..., 1969Southern Fowl tampan
Carios capensis Neumann, 1901Seabird soft tick
Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826African dog 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 daveyi Nuttall, 1913
Ixodes pilosus Koch, 1844Bush tick
Ixodes rubicundus (Neumann, 1904)⇒ Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Rhipicephalus (Digineus) bursa (Canestrini &..., 1878)⇒ Rhipicephalus pusillus Gil Collado, 1936
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) appendiculatus Neumann, 1901Brown ear tick
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) capensis (Koch, 1844)⇒ Rhipicephalus longus Neumann, 1907
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) evertsi Neumann, 1897Red-legged tick
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) gertrudae Feldman-Muhsam, 1960
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) praetextatus Gerstäcker, 1873
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806
Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) simus (Koch, 1844)⇒ 

Subnodes of Ixodida with occurrences in Western Cape
SuborderArgasina
Van der Hammen, 1968
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderIxodides
Leach, 1815
Ticks
1
2
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderIxodina
Roth, 1851
1
4
13
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