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

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scientific name	Ixodes ricinus
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ricinus View in CoL aragaoi Fonseca, 1935 , Ixodes

Fonseca, F. (1935) Notas de acareologia. XV. Ocorrência de subspecies de Ixodes ricinus (L., 1758) no estado de S. Paulo ( Acarina , Ixodidae ). Memórias do Instituto Butantan, 9, 131–135.

Type depositories: IBU: syntypes (males and females) ( Barros-Battesti & Knysak 1999); Keirans & Clifford (1984) listed a syntype named as “cotype” (unspecified developmental stage) deposited in the USNTC

Type locality: Cotia , São Paulo, Brazil

Type host: Mazama simplicicornis

Current status: a synonym of Ixodes fuscipes , as discussed in Labruna et al. (2020).

Comments: Keirans & Clifford (1984) erroneously listed the specimen of Ixodes ricinus aragaoi deposited in the USNTC as a synonym of Ixodes affinis .