Abundance of Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Small Mammals in Forest Biotopes of the Middle Taiga Subzone of Karelia

Two hundred and twenty-five small mammals belonging to 16 species were examined for ticks in Free State, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces, South Africa, and 18 ixodid tick species, of which two could only be identified to genus level, were recovered. Scrub hares, Lepus saxatilis, and Cape hares, Lepus capensis, harboured the largest number of tick species. In Free State Province Namaqua rock mice, Aethomys namaquensis, and four-striped grass mice, Rhabdomys pumilio, were good hosts of the immature stages of Haemaphysalis leachi and Rhipicephalus gertrudae, while in Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces red veld rats, Aethomys chrysophilus, Namaqua rock mice and Natal multimammate mice, Mastomys natalensis were good hosts of H. leachi and Rhipicephalus simus. Haemaphysalis leachi was the only tick recovered from animals in all three provinces.

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REGENERATION OF FOREST PHYTOCOENOSES AFTER VARIOUS AGRICULTURAL LAND USE PRACTICES IN THE CONDITIONS OF MIDDLE TAIGA SUBZONE

Сибирский лесной журнал ◽

10.15372/sjfs20170610 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Middle Taiga ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Middle Taiga Subzone ◽

Land Use Practices

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Soil Formation in the Quarries after Forest Reclamation in the Middle Taiga Subzone of the Northeast of European Russia

Eurasian Soil Science ◽

10.1134/s1064229321040104 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 54 (4) ◽

pp. 631-647

Author(s):

I. A. Likhanova ◽

E. G. Kuznetsova ◽

E. M. Lapteva ◽

S. V. Deneva ◽

B. A. Makeev

Keyword(s):

Soil Formation ◽

European Russia ◽

Middle Taiga ◽

Middle Taiga Subzone ◽

Forest Reclamation

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Ecological studies of ixodid ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) in Zambia. II. Ticks found on small mammals and birds

Bulletin of Entomological Research ◽

10.1017/s0007485300006891 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 66 (3) ◽

pp. 489-500 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

M. H. Colbo ◽

J. MacLeod

Keyword(s):

Small Mammals ◽

Species Group ◽

Ixodid Ticks ◽

Ecological Studies

AbstractTicks were collected from 2136 small mammals, comprising 5 bats (5 species), 14 elephant shrews (3 species), 84 Crocidura shrews (5 species), 25 hares (1 species), 10 small carnivores (3 species), 3 hyraxes (1 species) 1998 rodents (33 species), and from 41 birds (19 species) at various localities in Zambia. From these hosts 6568 ticks (4384 larvae, 1686 nymphs, 317 males and 181 females) were recovered. Twenty-three species were positively identified and nineteen other species were assigned to genus or species-group. Host and tick records are tabulated by regions collected and for each of the two regions with the largest collections, the records are tabulated by months. The ticks collected in the high montane area near the Malawi border differed significantly from collections in other areas studied, reflecting host and climate differences. In the two areas tabulated by month, most of the immature ticks were recovered in the cool dry winter months (April to August).

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