title: First record of Ixodes brunneus in Kansas.
abstract: A single specimen, a partially engorged female, of Ixodes brunneus was recovered from a common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) in Butler County, near El Dorado, Kansas (USA). The discovery of this tick in Kansas represents a new state record.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Brillhart
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: McKown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D005260:Female; D007615:Kansas; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013987:Ticks / Q000302:isolation & purification*