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Checklist for Suborder Ixodides Leach, 1815 (Ticks)
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
332
1603
5979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
290
1407
5076
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
208
620
1628
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
36
97
263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ixodida
Sundevall, 1833
Hard ticks, Soft ticks, Tick, Ticks
4
15
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Ixodides
Leach, 1815
Ticks
2
6
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern Africa
2 Families width 36 Species
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844Hard Tick35SpeciesTaxom
Nuttalliellidae Schulze, 19351SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern Africa
6 Genera with 36 Species
Boophilus Curtice, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 191214SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 196016SpeciesTaxom
Margaropus Karsch, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Nuttalliella Bedford, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Rhipicentor Nuttall & Wa..., 19082SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
36 Species
Boophilus decoloratus (Alessandrini, 1917)⇒ 
Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) asiatica Supino, 1897
Haemaphysalis aciculifer (Warburton, 1913)⇒ Haemaphysalis rugosa Santos Dias, 1956
Haemaphysalis bancrofti Nuttall & Wa..., 1915Wallaby tick
Haemaphysalis cooleyi Bedford, 1929Cooley's rock-hyrax haemaphysaline
Haemaphysalis hyracophila Hoogstraal, ..., 1971
Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826African dog tick
Haemaphysalis leporispalustris Packard, 1869Grouse tick
Haemaphysalis moreli Camicas, Hoo..., 1972
Haemaphysalis muhsamae Santos Dias, 1954
Haemaphysalis paraleachi Camicas, Hoo..., 1983
Haemaphysalis parmata Neumann, 1905
Haemaphysalis punctaleachi Camicas, Hoo..., 1973
Haemaphysalis rugosa Santos Dias, 1956
Haemaphysalis silacea Robinson, 1912Ciskei tick
Ixodes (Ceratixodes) uriae White, 1852Common seabird tick
Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus (Murray, 1852)⇒ Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821
Ixodes catherinei Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Ixodes corwini Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes daveyi Nuttall, 1913
Ixodes elongatus Bedford, 1929
Ixodes myotomys Clifford & H..., 1970
Ixodes neitzi Clifford, Wa..., 1977
Ixodes pilosus Koch, 1844Bush tick
Ixodes rasus (Neumann, 1899)⇒ Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes rubicundus (Neumann, 1904)⇒ Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Ixodes spinae Arthur, 1958
Ixodes theilerae Arthur, 1953
Ixodes trichosuri Roberts, 1960Possum ixodes
Margaropus lounsburyi (Neumann, 1907)⇒ Margaropus winthemi Karsch, 1879
Margaropus winthemi Karsch, 1879Argentine tick
Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931
Rhipicentor bicornis Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Rhipicentor nuttalli Cooper & Rob..., 1908

Subnodes of Ixodides with occurrences in Southern Africa
SuperfamilyIxodoidea
Banks, 1894
1
5
35
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNuttallielloidea
Schulze, 1935
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom