Ixodes persulcatus [Schulze 1930] (Acari: Ixodidae) in eastern Finland

Data concerning the occurrence and abundance of the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus in eastern Finland (North Karelia and Kainuu regions) are presented. Sampling was carried out in May 2008 and June 2009, around the University of Joensuu Mekrijärvi Research Station and the City of Kuhmo. In 2008 and 2...

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Published in:Entomologica Fennica
Main Authors: Bugmyrin, Sergey, Hokkanen, Timo, Romanova, Lidiya, Bespyatova, Lubov’, Fyodorov, Fyodor, Burenkova, Ludmila, Yakimova, Alina, Ieshko, Evgeniy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: This journal is published jointly by the Entomological Society of Finland, the Lepidopterological Society of Finland, the Societas Entomologica Helsingforsiensis and the Entomological Club of the Zoological and Botanical Society of Turku. 2012
Subjects:
Kainuu
karelia*
taiga
Online Access:https://journal.fi/entomolfennica/article/view/84556
https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.84556
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Summary:Data concerning the occurrence and abundance of the taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus in eastern Finland (North Karelia and Kainuu regions) are presented. Sampling was carried out in May 2008 and June 2009, around the University of Joensuu Mekrijärvi Research Station and the City of Kuhmo. In 2008 and 2009, the abundance of adult taiga ticks in the first study area was 0.17 and 0.13 ticks per flag-km, respectively. Only a single I. persulcatus specimenwas found in the second study area (abundance was 0.02 specimens per flag-km). All ticks (635 specimens) collected from cats and dogs in south-eastern Finlandwere identified as Ixodes ricinus.

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