Ixodes anatis

Ixodes anatis Chilton (1904), also called the kiwi tick, is a species of tick endemic to New Zealand.{{Cite journal |last1=Bansal |first1=Natasha |last2=Castro |first2=Isabel |author-link2=Isabel Castro (biologist) |last3=Acebes |first3=David Izquierdo |last4=Pomroy |first4=William E. |last5=Kerkhoven |first5=Arjane |date=2019 |title=Factors affecting abundance of different stages of the endophilic tick Ixodes anatis in brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) shelters |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877959X1830311X |journal=Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases |language=en |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=754–760 |doi=10.1016/j.ttbdis.2019.03.008 |issn= |pmid=31031164 |s2cid=139101653|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Bansal |first1=Natasha |last2=Pomroy |first2=William E. |last3=Heath |first3=Allen C. G. |last4=Castro |first4=Isabel |date=2021 |title=Aspects of the development of Ixodes anatis under different environmental conditions in the laboratory and in the field |journal=Parasites & Vectors |volume=14 |issue=1 |pages=85 |doi=10.1186/s13071-021-04601-z |issn=1756-3305 |pmc=7841883 |pmid=33509249 |doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |last1=Swift |first1=Rose J. |last2=Heath |first2=Allen C.G. |last3=Jamieson |first3=Sarah E. |date=2015 |title=The kiwi tick, Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904 (Acari: Ixodidae): aspects of its biology and ecology |url=http://biotaxa.org/saa/article/view/saa.20.1.1 |journal=Systematic and Applied Acarology |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=1 |doi=10.11158/saa.20.1.1 |s2cid=84935929 |issn=1362-1971|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite web |last=Cane |first=Rachel |date=September 2009 |title=Profile: Ixodes anatis Chilton 1904 |url=https://www.smsl.co.nz/site/southernmonitoring/files/NZB/Ix%20anatis%20profile.pdf |website=New Zealand Biosecure}}{{Cite journal |last1=Kwak |first1=Mackenzie L. |last2=Heath |first2=Allen C. G. |date=2018-02-01 |title=Redescription of the kiwi tick Ixodes anatis (Acari: Ixodidae) from New Zealand, with notes on its biology |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-018-0214-6 |journal=Experimental and Applied Acarology |language=en |volume=74 |issue=2 |pages=207–223 |doi=10.1007/s10493-018-0214-6 |pmid=29404832 |s2cid=254264413 |issn=1572-9702|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Heath |first1=Allen C. G. |last2=Kwak |first2=Mackenzie L. |date=2019-01-02 |title=Ensuring the nomenclatural stability of Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904 with the discovery of lost type material and the designation of a lectotype |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00779962.2019.1625023 |journal=New Zealand Entomologist |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=21–22 |doi=10.1080/00779962.2019.1625023 |s2cid=196658272 |issn=0077-9962|url-access=subscription }}Heath, Allen C. G. (2010). A review of ectoparasites of Apteryx spp. (kiwi) in New Zealand, with new host records, and the biology of Ixodes anatis (Acari: Ixodidae). Tuhinga 21

The species was originally described by Charles Chilton in 1904.{{Cite journal |last=Chilton |first=Charles |year=1904 |title=A species of Ixodes parasitic on the grey duck |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1903-36.2.5.1.24 |journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand |volume=36 |pages=201–202 |access-date= |via=Papers Past}} It was given the name anatis because the first specimens were collected from a grey duck. The type specimens are housed at Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand (CMNZ).

Since its original description, the morphology of I. anatis has only been partially described and characterized. All stages of the species were recently re-described and illustrated.

Ixodes anatis has a high host specificity and mainly parasitizes the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) and the tokoeka (Apteryx australis). There are a handful of records that show it may have also been found on certain species of waterfowl. It is considered to be an endophilous and nidicolous species, which means it lives within the burrows and nests of its host, the kiwi.

Ixodes anatis is currently listed as "Not Threatened" in "Conservation status of parasitic mites and ticks (Acari) in New Zealand, 2021".{{Cite journal |last1=Heath |first1=Allen C. G. |last2=Rolfe |first2=Jeremy Richard |last3=Michel |first3=Pascale |date=February 2022 |title=Conservation status of parasitic mites and ticks (Acari) in New Zealand, 2021 |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113870826 |journal=New Zealand Threat Classification Series |volume=37 |pages=1–23}} Although it was previously considered to be Threatened – Nationally Vulnerable, and although its bird hosts are threatened, a better understanding of its populations has led to an improved conservation status.

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Category:Animals described in 1904

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Category:Endemic fauna of New Zealand

Category:Endemic acari of New Zealand

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