Ixodes ricinus, (Linnaeus, 1758)

Robbins, Richard G., Nava, Santiago, Ronai, Isobel, Chong, Kaylin L. & Guglielmone, Alberto A., 2025, Type specimens of the world’s hard tick species (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae): collection data and depositories for all valid names and the current status of invalid names, Zootaxa 5606 (1), pp. 1-287 : 187

ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) , Ixodes

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae , secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Vol. 1. Editio Decima, Reformata. Impensis Direct, Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 823 pp.

See ricinus Linnaeus, 1758 , Acarus

Comments: Ixodes ricinus is a Palearctic species, but this name was used for many years for related and unrelated species, and it is still sometimes applied to tick specimens collected outside the Palearctic (Guglielmone et al. 2014).