Ixodes auritulus, Neumann, 1904

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 : 25

auritulus Neumann, 1904 , Ixodes

Neumann, L.G. (1904) Notes sur les ixodidés. II. Archives de Parasitologie, 8, 444–464.

Type depository: ENV?: syntype (a female) ( Keirans & Clifford 1978, named as “type”), MNHN?: syntypes (females) ( Neumann 1904)

Type locality: Punta Arenas , Chile

Type host: undetermined species of birds

Comments: Ixodes auritulus was first named Ixodes thoracicus by Neumann (1899), based on ticks collected in Chile. Ixodes thoracicus was described by Koch (1844) from specimens collected in Brazil, and Neumann (1904) realized that his Chilean specimens corresponded to a different species that he named Ixodes auritulus .

Guglielmone et al. (2014) stated that the types of Ixodes auritulus were not found in the MNHN, and Apanaskevich et al. (2022) did not confirm the presence of a syntype in the ENV .

Ixodes auritulus is a name that represents a species complex with a global distribution, as demonstrated by Apanaskevich et al. (2022), but according to these authors Ixodes auritulus sensu stricto is a Neotropical species, bona fide specimens of which were collected in Chile.