Hard ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) of Croatia
The present paper is based on original and literature data. In Croatia the first studies on the occurrence of ixodid species were made about 80 years ago. The number of tick species recorded in Croatia considerably increased during the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s of the past century. A total of 21 speci...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:92174fd0f2ff4a238c809b0f761e670c 2023-05-15T15:50:18+02:00 Hard ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) of Croatia Stjepan Krcmar 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.234.3658 https://doaj.org/article/92174fd0f2ff4a238c809b0f761e670c EN eng Pensoft Publishers http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=3247 https://doaj.org/toc/1313-2989 https://doaj.org/toc/1313-2970 1313-2989 1313-2970 doi:10.3897/zookeys.234.3658 https://doaj.org/article/92174fd0f2ff4a238c809b0f761e670c ZooKeys, Vol 234, Iss 0, Pp 19-57 (2012) Zoology QL1-991 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.234.3658 2022-12-31T08:05:06Z The present paper is based on original and literature data. In Croatia the first studies on the occurrence of ixodid species were made about 80 years ago. The number of tick species recorded in Croatia considerably increased during the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s of the past century. A total of 21 species of hard tick belonging to 5 genera have been recorded in Croatia. Ixodes is the best represented genus, with seven species recorded. Haemaphysalis is represented by six species, followed by Rhipicephalus with four species. Dermacentor and Hyalomma are represented by two species each. The ticks were collected on 47 different host species. Eleven tick species were collected on Bos taurus and Ovis aries, followed by Capra hircus and Equus caballus with 8 species and Canis lupus familiaris with 6 species. On the remaining 42 host species one, two or three tick species were collected. The most widespread tick is Ixodes ricinus which was found on 25 different host species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles ZooKeys 234 19 57 |
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The present paper is based on original and literature data. In Croatia the first studies on the occurrence of ixodid species were made about 80 years ago. The number of tick species recorded in Croatia considerably increased during the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s of the past century. A total of 21 species of hard tick belonging to 5 genera have been recorded in Croatia. Ixodes is the best represented genus, with seven species recorded. Haemaphysalis is represented by six species, followed by Rhipicephalus with four species. Dermacentor and Hyalomma are represented by two species each. The ticks were collected on 47 different host species. Eleven tick species were collected on Bos taurus and Ovis aries, followed by Capra hircus and Equus caballus with 8 species and Canis lupus familiaris with 6 species. On the remaining 42 host species one, two or three tick species were collected. The most widespread tick is Ixodes ricinus which was found on 25 different host species. |
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