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Carios capensis

Carios capensis

(Neumann, 1901)

GBIF:119405625

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Host (s) Seabirds: Pterodroma neglecta, Pterodroma nigripennis, Puffinus assimilis, Phaethon rubricauda, Morus serrator, Stictocarbo punctatus punctatus, Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus, Anous stolidus pileatus, Onychoprion fuscatus serratus. Land bird: Porzana tabuensis tabuensis.
Heath, Allen C. G., Palma, Ricardo L., Cane, Rachel P., Hardwick, Scott (2011): Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Zootaxa 2995: 55-63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203775
Distribution World: Widespread on islands of the South Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, and occasionally on the mainland between 40 ºN and 45 ºS. Extralimital records in the Northern Hemisphere have been considered doubtful. New Zealand: Somes Island (Wellington Harbour), Cape Kidnappers, Raglan, West Coast, Banks Peninsula.
Heath, Allen C. G., Palma, Ricardo L., Cane, Rachel P., Hardwick, Scott (2011): Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Zootaxa 2995: 55-63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203775

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Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae)

checklist

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Heath, Allen C. G., Palma, Ricardo L., Cane, Rachel P., Hardwick, Scott (2011): Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Zootaxa 2995: 55-63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203775

Abstract

A list of all the species of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) known to occur naturally in the New Zealand subregion is given. Hosts, geographic distribution and relevant references are provided for each species. Three erroneous records published recently, two in a book on New Zealand biodiversity and one in a seabird tick review are corrected.

Key words: ticks, Acari, Ixodidae, Argasidae, New Zealand, checklist, erroneous records

Heath A C G, Palma R L, Cane R P, Hardwick S, plazi (2011). Checklist of New Zealand ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.203775 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 8/15/2011View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
119405625
Dataset Key
243330e0-1613-42ec-a6dd-60c80c56a438
Origin
source
Backbone Key
2184559
Taxon ID
2D6C87CBFFFF2377FF20FD6FFC9FFBF1.taxon
Last Crawled
6/11/2026
Last Interpreted
6/11/2026