Where to find questing Ixodes frontalis ticks? Under bamboo bushes!

AbstractAn updated and increased compilation of georeferenced tick locations in Germany is presented here. This data collection extends the dataset published some years ago by another 1448 new tick locations, 900 locations of which were digitized from literature and 548 locations are published here for the first time. This means that a total of 3492 georeferenced tick locations is now available for Germany. The tick fauna of Germany includes two species of Argasidae in the genera Argas and Carios and 19 species of Ixodidae in the genera Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, and Ixodes, altogether 21 tick species. In addition, three species of Ixodidae in the genera Hyalomma (each spring imported by migratory birds) and Rhipicephalus (occasionally imported by dogs returning from abroad with their owners) are included in the tick atlas. Of these, the georeferenced locations of 23 tick species are depicted in maps. The occurrence of the one remaining tick species, the recently described Ixodes inopinatus, is given at the level of the federal states. The most common and widespread tick species is Ixodes ricinus, with records in all 16 federal states. With the exception of Hamburg, Dermacentor reticulatus was also found in all federal states. The occurrence of the ixodid ticks Ixodes canisuga, Ixodes frontalis, Ixodes hexagonus and I. inopinatus were documented in at least 11 federal states each. The two mentioned argasid tick species were also documented in numerous federal states, the pigeon tick Argas reflexus in 11 and the bat tick Carios vespertilionis in seven federal states. The atlas of ticks in Germany and the underlying digital dataset in the supplement can be used to improve global tick maps or to study the effects of climate change and habitat alteration on the distribution of tick species.

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Ticks (Ixodoidea) on migrating birds in Cyprus, fall 1967 and spring 1968, and epidemiological considerations

Bulletin of Entomological Research ◽

10.1017/s0007485300027024 ◽

1974 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 97-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Makram N. Kaiser ◽

Harry Hoogstraal ◽

George E. Watson

Keyword(s):

Biological Diversity ◽

Q Fever ◽

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Mediterranean Area ◽

Wide Distribution ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Boutonneuse Fever ◽

Ixodes Frontalis ◽

Haemaphysalis Concinna ◽

Migrating Birds

AbstractMore or less cursory examination of migrating birds in Cyprus revealed 115 of 2580 southward (fall) migrants and 177 of 22015 northward (spring) migrants to be infested by 167 and 797 ticks, respectively. Most ticks on fall migrants were Hyalomma marginatum marginatum Koch; others were Ixodes frontalis (Panz.), I. ricinus (L.), Haemaphysalis concinna Koch, and H. punctata C. & F., all representative of the Eurasian fauna. Most ticks on spring migrants were H. m. rufipes Koch; others were Amblyomma lepidum Dön., A. nuttalli Dön., and A. variegatum (F.), representative of sub-Saharan Africa, and Argas streptopelia Kaiser, Hoogst. & Horner, Ixodes eldaricus Dzhaparidze, and I. redikorzevi Olen. which probably attached to the hosts in the eastern Mediterranean area. In Africa and Eurasia, 16 arboviruses have been recorded from eight of these tick species, and also the agents of boutonneuse fever, Siberian tick typhus, Q fever, and tularaemia. The epidemiological potential of migrating birds is enhanced by the multiplicity of pathogens that may infect them and the biological diversity of ticks that may infest them. The remarkably wide distribution of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in Africa and Eurasia is likely to be due to intercontinental carriage of the virus and ticks by migrating birds.

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The immature stages of Ixodes frontalis Panzer 1795

Parasitology ◽

10.1017/s0031182000018461 ◽

1953 ◽

Vol 43 (1-2) ◽

pp. 175-177 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Don R. Arthur

Keyword(s):

Host Range ◽

Immature Stages ◽

The Past ◽

Ixodes Frontalis ◽

The Status

When reviewing the status of Ixodes frontalis Panzer in an earlier paper (Arthur, 1952) the reference to Acarus (Ixodes) turdi Scopoli was not included, for the description might well apply to any tick. This is equally true for Panzer's description, and this name has been retained through popular usage. Neumann (1899) was the first worker to present a fairly clear account of this species but, as his host range shows, it may well have been clouded by reference to Ixodes brunneus Koch. The available descriptions refer to the female. Larvae have hitherto been neglected or else described as similar to the female, with the addendum that ‘in the larva the scutum is as broad as long’. Examination of ticks from a large number of birds has convinced me that in the past the immature stages of many species of ticks have, on this basis, been incorrectly determined. This may possibly be one reason for the suggested rarity of records of the immature stages of I. frontalis. In the present paper the larva of this species has been described. This description has been based on larvae sent to me by Mr John Ash.

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