IXODES (IXODES) JELLISONI AND IXODES (IXODES) NEOTOMAE (ACARI, IXODIDAE) - DESCRIPTIONS OF THE IMMATURE STAGES FROM CALIFORNIA

Authors
KEIRANS JE BROWN RN LANE RS
Citation
Je. Keirans et al., IXODES (IXODES) JELLISONI AND IXODES (IXODES) NEOTOMAE (ACARI, IXODIDAE) - DESCRIPTIONS OF THE IMMATURE STAGES FROM CALIFORNIA, Journal of medical entomology, 33(3), 1996, pp. 319-327
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of medical entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
33
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
319 - 327
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1996)33:3<319:I(JAI(>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Nymphal and larval stages of Ixodes (Ixodes) jellisoni Cooley & Kohls and I. (I.) neotomae Cooley are described for the first time. These 2 tick species occur only in the western United States, predominately in California. The primary host for I. jellisoni is the California kanga roo rat, Dipodomys californicus (Merriam); that for I, neotomae is the dusky-footed woodrat, Neotoma fuscipes Baird. The etiologic agent of Lyme disease Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson, Schmidt, Hyde, Steigerwalt & Brenner has recently been isolated from both tick species, and I. ne otomae was proven a competent enzootic vector of the Lyme disease spir ochete.