Ixodes holocyclus (Paralysis Tick)

defining features of this species are: first legs close to snout, body pear shaped, line from base of capitulum to base of last legs forms a V-shape, first and last legs brown while other legs are pale, scutum is oval, anal groove is apparent as it arcs around the front of the anus, there is a prominent marginal body fold

Ixodes holocyclus is listed in the following regions:

South Coast

Page 1 of 1 - image sightings only

dorsal view - note prominent marginal body fold
ventral view - note first and last legs brown while other legs are pale.

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