File:1902 Cattle ticks (Ixodoidea) of the United States p467 Fig. 227.jpg

English: Fig. 227.—Dorsal and ventral views Of digit of mandible of male and of female Ixodes ricinus. X 195. After Neumann, 1899, p. 114, fig. 1. The above description is taken almost verbatim from Neumann, who has all of our specimens of this tick with the exception of a few females. The castor-bean tick is reported from sheep, goats, cattle, horses, deer, dogs, cats, fox ferrets, hedgehogs, hares, rabbits, bats, birds, and various other animals, including man. It is found in Europe, North Africa, and North America, and it is one of the oldest and most commonly known ticks. European Dog Tick {Ixodes hexagonus) (Figures 228-235.) Specific diagnosis.—7a7o<ies; Male—Bodj elliptical, almost as broad anteriorly as posteriorly; length 3.5 to 4 mm., breadth 2 to 2.5 mm. Brown red, legs lighter. ^ Synonymy and Bibliography. . 1815: Ixodes hexagonus Leach, 1815, p. 397; type host, Erinaceus europxus, England.— Gervais, 1844, p. 240.—Koch, 1844, p. 234.—Idem, 1847, p. 23.—Canestrini,