Ixodes trianguliceps Birula, 1895
(Vole and Shrew Tick, Vole Tick)

Interactions where Ixodes trianguliceps is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
female female sucks the blood of neck Sorex shrews Insectivora: Soricidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole tickfemale Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Soricidae/Sorex/Sorexshrewsneck
female female sucks the blood of body Sorex shrews Insectivora: Soricidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole tickfemale Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Soricidae/Sorex/Sorexshrewsbody
larva larva sucks the blood of face Sorex shrews Insectivora: Soricidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticklarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Soricidae/Sorex/Sorexshrewsface
larva larva sucks the blood of ear Sorex shrews Insectivora: Soricidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticklarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Soricidae/Sorex/Sorexshrewsear
nymph nymph sucks the blood of face Sorex shrews Insectivora: Soricidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticknymph Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Soricidae/Sorex/Sorexshrewsface
nymph nymph sucks the blood of ear Sorex shrews Insectivora: Soricidae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticknymph Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Insectivora/Soricidae/Sorex/Sorexshrewsear
sucks the blood of skin Minor Homo sapiens Man, Human Primates: Hominidae Ticks of North-West Europe, Hillyard, P.D., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole tick Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Primates/Hominidae/Homo sapiens/Homo sapiensman, humanskinMinor
female female sucks the blood of neck RODENTIA rodents Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole tickfemale Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Rodentiarodentsneck
female female sucks the blood of body RODENTIA rodents Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole tickfemale Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Rodentiarodentsbody
larva larva sucks the blood of face RODENTIA rodents Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticklarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Rodentiarodentsface
larva larva sucks the blood of ear RODENTIA rodents Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticklarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Rodentiarodentsear
nymph nymph sucks the blood of face RODENTIA rodents Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticknymph Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Rodentiarodentsface
nymph nymph sucks the blood of ear RODENTIA rodents Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticknymph Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Rodentiarodentsear
sucks the blood of skin UK/Ireland Myodes glareolus Bank Vole Rodentia: Cricetidae The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole tick Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Cricetidae/Myodes glareolus/Myodes glareolusbank voleskin
female female sucks the blood of neck UK/Ireland Apodemus sylvaticus Wood Mouse, Long-tailed Field-mouse Rodentia: Muridae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice, Flowerdew, J., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole tickfemale Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus sylvaticus/Apodemus sylvaticuswood mouse, long-tailed field-mouseneck
female female sucks the blood of body UK/Ireland Apodemus sylvaticus Wood Mouse, Long-tailed Field-mouse Rodentia: Muridae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice, Flowerdew, J., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole tickfemale Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus sylvaticus/Apodemus sylvaticuswood mouse, long-tailed field-mousebody
larva larva sucks the blood of face UK/Ireland Apodemus sylvaticus Wood Mouse, Long-tailed Field-mouse Rodentia: Muridae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice, Flowerdew, J., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticklarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus sylvaticus/Apodemus sylvaticuswood mouse, long-tailed field-mouseface
larva larva sucks the blood of ear UK/Ireland Apodemus sylvaticus Wood Mouse, Long-tailed Field-mouse Rodentia: Muridae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice, Flowerdew, J., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticklarva Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus sylvaticus/Apodemus sylvaticuswood mouse, long-tailed field-mouseear
nymph nymph sucks the blood of face UK/Ireland Apodemus sylvaticus Wood Mouse, Long-tailed Field-mouse Rodentia: Muridae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice, Flowerdew, J., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticknymph Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus sylvaticus/Apodemus sylvaticuswood mouse, long-tailed field-mouseface
nymph nymph sucks the blood of ear UK/Ireland Apodemus sylvaticus Wood Mouse, Long-tailed Field-mouse Rodentia: Muridae Identification of Animal Parasites, Avery, R.A., 1974
Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice, Flowerdew, J., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole ticknymph Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Muridae/Apodemus sylvaticus/Apodemus sylvaticuswood mouse, long-tailed field-mouseear

Interactions where Ixodes trianguliceps is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
spreads Captivity Babesia microti a sporozoan Sporozoa The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973
 /Protozoa/Sporozoa/Babesia microti/Babesia microtia sporozoan Animal / vector /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Ixodida/Ixodidae/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps/Ixodes (Exopalpiger) triangulicepsvole and shrew tick, vole tick Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally inducedis spread by

Author & YearTitleSource
Avery, R.A., 1974Identification of Animal ParasitesHulton Group Keys, 182pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on ParasitesField Studies 3: 681-718.
Flowerdew, J., 1984Woodmice and Yellow-necked Mice24pp, The Mammal Society
Hillyard, P.D., 1996Ticks of North-West EuropeSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 52, 178pp, Field Studies Council

Ixodes trianguliceps (Vole and Shrew Tick, Vole Tick) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIxodes trianguliceps (Vole and Shrew Tick, Vole Tick)
GenusIxodes (hard ticks)
FamilyIXODIDAE (hard ticks)
OrderIXODIDA (ticks)
SuperorderPARASITIFORMES (parasitiform mites)
SubclassACARI (mites)
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ixodes trianguliceps (Vole and Shrew Tick, Vole Tick)

Ixodes trianguliceps (Vole and Shrew Tick, Vole Tick) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ixodes trianguliceps (Vole and Shrew Tick, Vole Tick):

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