''Ixodes siamensis'' is an

ixodid The Ixodidae are the family of hard ticks or scale ticks, one of the three families of ticks, consisting of over 700 species. They are known as 'hard ticks' because they have a scutum or hard shield, which the other major family of ticks, the 'sof ...

tick Ticks (order Ixodida) are parasitic arachnids that are part of the mite superorder Parasitiformes. Adult ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length depending on age, sex, species, and "fullness". Ticks are external parasites, living by ...

(hard tick) that is

parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...

on mammals in

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

.Shigeo Kitaoka and Hiroshi Suzuki. 1983. Studies on the Parasite Fauna of Thailand: 5. Parasitic ticks on mammals and description of ''Ixodes siamensis'' sp. n. and ''Rhipicephalus tetracornus'' sp. n. (Acarina: Ixodidae)]. ''Tropical Medicine'' 25(4):205-219; http://hdl.handle.net/10069/4366, last accessed 25 Dec 2018.Guglielmone AA, Robbins RG, Apanaskevich DA, Petney TN, Estrada-Peña A, Horak IG. 2009. Comments on controversial tick (Acari: Ixodida) species names and species described or resurrected from 2003 to 2008. ''

Experimental and Applied Acarology ''Experimental and Applied Acarology'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of acarology. It was established in 1985 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media. The editor-in-chief is Maurice W. Sabelis (Un ...

'' 48(4):311-327. doi: 10.1007/s10493-009-9246-2. Epub 2009 Jan 24, last accessed 25 Dec 2018: "We consider the following 40 names valid…''Ixodes siamensis'' Kitaoka and Suzuki, 1983."

References

siamensis Arachnids of Asia Animals described in 1973 {{Acari-stub