Tick Identification
Posted on 10 April 2023.
Other Ticks found Across Canada
There are numerous other species that are found in Canada. Many are not very photgenic and images are very difficult to locate, however here is some information on them.
https://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$Department/deptdocs.nsf/all/cpv13168/$FILE/tick-summary-2017.pdf
Ixodes kingi (the rotund tick)
WHERE FOUND
In Canada, it occurs in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. It is commonly found in prairie habitats, but may also occur in shrubland and forested habitats.
COMMENTS
It has been recorded from domestic animals, including cats and dogs, several species of carnivores and rodents, and a few lagomorphs. Hosts include pocket gophers, kangaroo rats, and sigmodontine mice in areas west of the Rocky Mountains; and carnivores, ground squirrels, and prairie dogs in areas east of the Rockies. It is known to bite humans rarely
Ixodes ochotonae (pika tick)
WHERE FOUND
In Canada, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. (Foley and Piovia-Scott (2014))
TRANSMIT
detected Anaplasma phagocytophilum DNA in Ixodes ochotonae ticks from California.
COMMENTS
Hosts include primarily pikas and woodrats, but also chipmunks, pocket gophers, voles, and native mice.
Otobius megnini (the spinose ear tick)
WHERE FOUND
Spinose ear ticks are generally associated with semiarid or arid environments such as those found in the southwestern US, however they can also be found in other climate areas due to transportation of livestock.
COMMENTS
This one-host tick attaches most often deep within the host ear canal as larvae and drop from that host as engorged nymphs; adults do not feed. Hosts include wild and domestic ungulates, especially pronghorns, and occasionally humans. Larvae and nymphs usually remain within the ears of their host. Fully grown nymphs and adults live off of the host, but still within the host’s general environment. They usually prefer dry, protected places such as in cracks and crevices or under logs and fence posts.
sources used for images
Photographer M. Plosky
https://pbase.com/mplonsky/ticks
TAXONOMY BROWSER: Ixodes spinipalpis
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=447357
Ixodes spinipalpis ->species page
http://entomology.museums.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=31520
Other Ticks Found in Maine
http://www.ticksinmaine.com/ticks/other-ticks
Tick Taxa of Canada, Alphabetically by Family and Genus
http://canacoll.org/Hym/Staff/Gibson/apss/ticktaxa.htm
These are the TICKS known to carry and transmit Lyme disease
US tick collection link
http://us-tick-key.klacto.net/specieslist.html
University of Michigan
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ixodes/classification/
http://biodiversitygenomics.net/
https://tickencounter.org/tick_identification/gulf_coast_tick#top
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/usntc_key/74/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/us-national-tick-collection https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Parasitic_Insects,_Mites_and_Ticks:_Genera_of_Medical_and_Veterinary_Importance/Hard_ticks
Other reference studies
Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, Detected in Multiple Tick Species at Kenora, Ontario, Canada
Extensive Distribution of the Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, in Multiple Tick Species Parasitizing Avian and Mammalian Hosts across Canada
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/6/4/131/htm
Vector competence of Ixodes angustus (Acari: Ixodidae) for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10823359
Ability of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi to infect rodents and three species of human-biting ticks (blacklegged tick, American dog tick, lone star tick) (Acari:Ixodidae).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9220680
Lyme disease in Canada
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1268070/pdf/cmaj00172-0051.pdf
Tickborne Diseases of the United States
https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/tickbornediseases/tickID.html
Ticks in Colorado
https://coloradoticks.org/the-ticks/other-colorado-ticks/
A Handbook to the Ticks of Canada Biological Survey of Canada 2016
Medical and Veterinary Entomology Chapter 27
file:///C:/Users/User/Desktop/nicholson2019.pdf
Canadian Tick List
http://lyme-basics.com/what-is-lyme-disease/lyme-disease-worldwide/