Ixodes aequalis, Banks, 1910

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 : 10

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scientific name	Ixodes aequalis
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aequalis Banks, 1910 View in CoL , Ixodes

Banks, N. (1910) New American mites (Arachnoidea, Acarina ). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 12, 2–12.

Type depositories: MCZ and USNTC: syntypes (females) ( Keirans & Clifford (1984) listed these specimens as “cotypes”) .

Type locality: Berkeley Hills , California, USA .

Type host: Otospermophilus beecheyi

Current status: a synonym of Ixodes sculptus , as discussed in Guglielmone & Nava (2014).

Comments: Keirans & Clifford (1984) did not list the developmental stages deposited in the USNTC, but Ixodes aequalis was described from female ticks.