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Ixodes siamensis

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Ixodes siamensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ixodida
Family: Ixodidae
Genus: Ixodes
Species:
I. siamensis
Binomial name
Ixodes siamensis
Kitaoka & Suzuki, 1983[1]

Ixodes siamensis is an ixodid tick (hard tick) that is parasitic on mammals in Thailand.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Shigeo Kitaoka and Hiroshi Suzuki. 1983. Studies on the Parasite Fauna of Thailand: 5. Parasitic ticks on mammals and description of Ixodes siamensis sp. n. and Rhipicephalus tetracornus sp. n. (Acarina: Ixodidae)]. Tropical Medicine 25(4):205-219; http://hdl.handle.net/10069/4366, last accessed 25 Dec 2018.
  2. ^ Guglielmone AA, Robbins RG, Apanaskevich DA, Petney TN, Estrada-Peña A, Horak IG. 2009. Comments on controversial tick (Acari: Ixodida) species names and species described or resurrected from 2003 to 2008. Experimental and Applied Acarology 48(4):311-327. doi: 10.1007/s10493-009-9246-2. Epub 2009 Jan 24, last accessed 25 Dec 2018: "We consider the following 40 names valid…Ixodes siamensis Kitaoka and Suzuki, 1983."