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Checklist for Superfamily Ixodoidea Banks, 1894
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
366
2225
7884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
317
1901
6795
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Acari
Nitzsch, 1818
Mites and Ticks
230
783
1923
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Parasitiformes
Reuter, 1909
Mites, Ticks
46
129
491
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Ixodida
Sundevall, 1833
Hard ticks, Soft ticks, Tick, Ticks
4
13
199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Ixodides
Leach, 1815
Ticks
2
5
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ixodoidea
Banks, 1894
1
4
82
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Africa
1 Family width 82 Species and 2 Subspecies
Ixodidae C. L. Koch, 1844Hard Tick82SpeciesTaxom


Genera for East Africa
4 Genera with 82 Species
Boophilus Curtice, 18883SpeciesTaxom
Haemaphysalis Koch, 195331SpeciesTaxom
Ixodes Latreille, 196849SpeciesTaxom
Margaropus Karsch, 19731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
82 Species and 2 Subspecies
Boophilus decoloratus (Alessandrini, 1917)⇒ 
Boophilus fallax (Minning, 1934)⇒ Rhipicephalus microplus Canestrini, 1888
Boophilus microplus (Canestrini, 1888)⇒ Rhipicephalus australis Fuller, 1899
Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) asiatica Supino, 1897
Haemaphysalis (Rhipistoma) calcarata (Neumann, 1902)⇒ Haemaphysalis asiatica Supino, 1897
Haemaphysalis anoplos Hoogstraal, ..., 1967Madagascar spurless rodent haemaphysalid
Haemaphysalis bancrofti Nuttall & Wa..., 1915Wallaby tick
Haemaphysalis bequaerti Hoogstraal, 1956
Haemaphysalis elongata Neumann, 1897
Haemaphysalis eupleres Hoogstraal, ..., 1965Madagascar Falanouc haemaphysalid
Haemaphysalis fossae Hoogstraal, 1953
Haemaphysalis hoodi (Warburton & ..., 1909)⇒ Haemaphysalis madagascariensis Colas-Belcou..., 1948
Haemaphysalis houyi Nuttall & Wa..., 1915
Haemaphysalis leachi Audouin, 1826African dog tick
Haemaphysalis lemuris Hoogstraal, 1953
Haemaphysalis leporispalustris Packard, 1869Grouse tick
Haemaphysalis lobachovi Kolonin, 1995
Haemaphysalis madagascariensis Colas-Belcou..., 1948
Haemaphysalis moreli Camicas, Hoo..., 1972
Haemaphysalis muhsamae Santos Dias, 1954
Haemaphysalis nesomys Hoogstraal, ..., 1966Leathery Madagascar rodent haemaphysalid
Haemaphysalis norvali Hoogstraal &..., 1983Norval's southern African hedgehog haemaphysaline
Haemaphysalis obtusa Dönitz, 1910
Haemaphysalis orientalis Nuttall & Wa..., 1915
Haemaphysalis paraleachi Camicas, Hoo..., 1983
Haemaphysalis parmata Neumann, 1905
Haemaphysalis punctaleachi Camicas, Hoo..., 1973
Haemaphysalis simplex Neumann, 1897
Haemaphysalis simplicima Hoogstraal &..., 1979
Haemaphysalis spinulosa Neumann, 1906
Haemaphysalis subelongata Hoogstraal, 1953
Haemaphysalis subterra Hoogstraal, ..., 1992
Haemaphysalis theilerae Hoogstraal, 1953
Haemaphysalis tiptoni Hoogstraal, 1953
Ixodes (Eschatocephalus) simplex Neumann, 1906Bat tick
Ixodes (Ixodes) gibbosus Nuttall, 1916
Ixodes (Ixodes) ovatus Neumann, 1899
Ixodes (Ixodes) ricinus (Murray, 1852)⇒ Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821
Ixodes albignaci Uilenberg & ..., 1969
Ixodes alluaudi Neumann, 1913
Ixodes ampullaceus Warburton, 1933
Ixodes arabukiensis (Arthur, 1959)⇒ Ixodes djaronensis Neumann, 1907
Ixodes aragaoi Fonseca, 1935
Ixodes auriculaelongae Arthur, 1958
Ixodes auritulus Neumann, 1904
Ixodes bakeri Arthur & Cli..., 1961
Ixodes brewsterae Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Ixodes browningi Arthur, 1956
Ixodes brumpti Morel, 1965
Ixodes brunneus (Koch, 1844)⇒ Ixodes neuquenensis Ringuelet, 1947
Ixodes calcarhebes Arthur & Zulu, 1980
Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Ixodes colasbelcouri Arthur, 1957
Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes djaronensis Neumann, 1907
Ixodes domerguei Uilenberg & ..., 1965
Ixodes elongatus Bedford, 1929
Ixodes latus Arthur, 1958
Ixodes lemuris Arthur, 1958
Ixodes loveridgei Arthur, 1958
Ixodes lunatus (Neumann, 1907)⇒ Ixodes colasbelcouri Arthur, 1957
Ixodes macfarlanei Keirans, Cli..., 1982
Ixodes matopi Spickeltt, K..., 1980
Ixodes microgalei Apanaskevich..., 2013
Ixodes muniensis Arthur & Burrow, 1957
Ixodes nairobiensis Nuttall, 1916
Ixodes nchisiensis Arthur, 1958
Ixodes nesomys Uilenberg & ..., 1969
Ixodes neuquenensis Ringuelet, 1947
Ixodes oldi Nuttall, 1913
Ixodes pilosus Koch, 1844Bush tick
Ixodes rageaui Arthur, 1958
Ixodes randrianasoloi Uilenberg & ..., 1969
Ixodes rasus (Neumann, 1899)⇒ Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes rasus cumulatimpunctatus (Schulze, 1943)⇒ Ixodes cumulatimpunctatus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes rotundatus Arthur, 1958
Ixodes rubicundus (Neumann, 1904)⇒ Ixodes cavipalpus Nuttall & Wa..., 1908
Ixodes scapularis (Say, 1821)⇒ Rhipicephalus bursa Canestrini &..., 1877
Ixodes thomasae Arthur & Burrow, 1957
Ixodes ugandanus (Neumann, 1906)⇒ Ixodes brumpti Morel, 1965
Ixodes ugandanus djaronensis (Nuttall & Wa..., 1911)⇒ Ixodes djaronensis Neumann, 1907
Ixodes vanidicus Schulze, 1943
Ixodes walkerae Clifford, Ko..., 1968
Margaropus wileyi Walker & Lau..., 1973East African giraffe tick

Subnodes of Ixodoidea with occurrences in East Africa
FamilyIxodidae
C. L. Koch, 1844
Hard Tick, Hard ticks, Hard-Backed Ticks, Hardbacked Ticks
4
82
Genera
Species

Taxom



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