Description of a new tick species, Ixodes collaris n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae), from bats (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae, Rhinolophidae) in Vietnam

A new species of Hipposideros (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) from Vietnam

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam (VDT) Animal Physiology, Institute of Neurobiology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany (VDT, AD, CD, HS) School of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (SJP, ECT) Department o...

A new species of Ixodes (Acari: Ixodidae) from South African mammals.

A new tick species belonging to the African subgenus Afrixodes Morel, 1966, namely, Ixodes ( Afrixodes ) fynbosensis n. sp., is described. The female of I. fynbosensis is easily differentiated from the other African Ixodes species by a large, tapering triangular ventrolateral spur on palpal segment I. Nymph and larva of I. fynbosensis can be distinguished from those of other members of Afrixode...

New records of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Minnesota.

The Minnesota distribution of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, was studied during 1998 and 1999. The majority of tick collecting was done by grouse hunters, who sent in specimens collected during the fall of 1998 and 1999. I. scapularis specimens were received from 17 counties, including eight counties in northern and central Minnesota that previously had no reports of I. scapularis. Th...

Isolation and Characterization of New Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers for the Tick Ixodes Ricinus (acari: Ixodidae)

Nine microsatellite markers were isolated from unfed larvae of Ixodes ricinus and were tested on two populations of nymphs collected on roe deer (N=21) and birds (N=39) in a French suburban forest. All markers were polymorphic, with limited evidence for deviations from linkage equilibrium. In accordance with previous markers developed for this species, we found large heterozygote deficits for s...

The Ixodes ticks of Chiroptera (Ixodoidea, Ixodidae).