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mens were actually grcinuhitus. Arthur (1957)

Ixodes angushis
discussed Korean specimens.

^ Collected and examined Diagnosis:

O Collection records from
literature
/. gramdattis is easily distinguished from
other Ixodes species by the following combina-
^ Combination of above
tion of characters: coxa I has two short spurs,
the internal spur is slightly longer than the ex-
ternal spur; the cornua is very short in the male
and absent in the female; the auriculae are poor-
ly developed; the scutum of the female is finely
granulated, longer than wide, covering more
than half the length of the dorsum and the
scapulae are pointed.

Distribution and Hosts:

Anastos (1950) cited distribution records
from India, Burma, and the East Indies. Kohls
(1950 ) gave a collection record from Luzon
Island in the Philippines and (1957b) from Ma-
laya. Collection records indicate that this tick
is primarily a parasite of rodents. Asanuma and
Kosaka ( 1955) took a female of this species from
the thrush, Turdits celaenopus celaenojnis, on
Miyake (Is.), Tokyo-to. Prior to our survey,
material in the 406th Medical Laboratory col-
lections was from the Ryukyu Islands.

Ixodes granulatus
Map 24. Known dLstribution of Ixodes angiistus.

ords of tlii.s tick biting humans in the USA and

stated there was no suggestion of disease trans-
mission in these instances.

Ixodes granulaius Supino

(Fig. 82-85)

Ixodes gramddtus Supino,1897:230-238; Asa-

numa and Kosaka. 1955: 195-196; Keegan
and Toshioka, 1957:19, PI. 19, 30; Arthur,
1957:683-694, Fig. 12-17, 19-24; Kawashima,
1963:103; Asanuma, 1965a: 11.3-120, 1965b:
398, Fig. 218.
Ixodes sp. 4, 51 and sp. 101 Asanuma and Seki-
kawa, 1952:107-116, Fig. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 1953:
99-112, Fig. 9, 10, 1.5, 16\ 17.

Discussion:
Asanuma and Sekikawa (1952, 1953) report-
ed the occurrence of three unnamed ticks of the
genus Ixodes, including larval and nymphal
fonns on rodents on Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido,
and Shikoku. These unnamed ticks were ten-
tatively numbered as Ixodes sp. 4 for larvae,
Ixodes sp. 51 for nymphs, and Ixodes sp. 101 for
adults. Keegan and Toshioka ( 1957) stated that
Asanuma (1956a) indicated that these speci-
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S.SHIBATA

KiG. 82. Ixodes- finmuhitiis. female

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Fic. 8.3. Ixodes nramdattis, male.

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Fig. 84. Ixodes g,r(inulnlits. nvmpli

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Fig. 85. Ixodes granulatus, larva.