Immunocytochemical mapping of FMRFamide-like peptides in the argasid tick Ornithodoros parkeri and the ixodid tick Dermacentor variabilis

1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. X. Zhu ◽  
W. Y. Zhang ◽  
J. H. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Ixodid Tick ◽  
Dermacentor Variabilis ◽  
Ornithodoros Parkeri ◽  
Argasid Tick

Male engorgement factor: Role in stimulating engorgement to repletion in the ixodid tick, Dermacentor variabilis

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (10) ◽  
pp. 909-918 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin V. Donohue ◽  
Sayed M.S. Khalil ◽  
Elizabeth Ross ◽  
Robert D. Mitchell ◽  
R. Michael Roe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ixodid Tick ◽  
Dermacentor Variabilis

scholarly journals Standardized Ixodid Tick Survey in Mainland Florida

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glass ◽  
Ganser ◽  
Wisely ◽  
Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Tick Species ◽  
Ixodes Scapularis ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Ixodid Tick ◽  
Dermacentor Variabilis ◽  
Amblyomma Americanum ◽  
The State ◽  
Environmental Data ◽  
Ixodid Ticks ◽  
Tick Survey

A statewide survey of questing ixodid ticks in mainland Florida was developed consistent with U.S. CDC standards to maximize the amount of epidemiologic and environmental data gathered. Survey sites were stratified by climatic zones and proportional to recognized land cover categories. A total of 560 transects on 41 sites within the state were sampled repeatedly by flagging between 2015 and 2018. Four tick species were collected; Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma maculatum, Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis. All species were more commonly found in northern and central regions of the state than in southern and western regions. Adult I. scapularis were active from autumn through spring and complementary to adult A. americanum and D. variabilis. Standardized survey methods help reduce sampling biases and better characterize risk from the species surveyed. However, differences in the attractiveness of collection methods for different tick species makes cross-species comparisons a continuing challenge.

scholarly journals Parasites of domestic and wild animals in South Africa. XLVII. Ticks of tortoises and other reptiles

2006 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
I.G. Horak ◽  
I.J. McKay ◽  
B.T. Henen ◽  
Heloise Heyne ◽  
Margaretha D. Hofmeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Ixodid Tick ◽  
Seasonal Occurrence ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
Monitor Lizards ◽  
Argasid Tick

A total of 586 reptiles, belonging to 35 species and five subspecies, were examined in surveys aimed at determining the species spectrum and geographic distribution of ticks that infest them. Of these reptiles 509 were tortoises, 28 monitor or other lizards, and 49 snakes. Nine ixodid tick species, of which seven belonged to the genus Amblyomma, and one argasid tick, Ornithodoros compactus were recovered. Seven of the ten tick species are parasites of reptiles. Amongst these seven species Amblyomma marmoreum was most prevalent and numerous on leopard tortoises, Geochelone pardalis; Amblyomma nuttalli was present only on Bell's hinged tortoises, Kinixys belliana; and most Amblyomma sylvaticum were collected from angulate tortoises, Chersina angulata. Amblyomma exornatum (formerly Aponomma exornatum) was only recovered from monitor lizards, Varanus spp.; most Amblyomma latum (formerly Aponomma latum) were from snakes; and a single nymph of Amblyomma transversale (formerly Aponomma transversale) was collected from a southern African python, Python natalensis. All 30 Namaqualand speckled padloper tortoises, Homopus signatus signatus, examined were infested with O. compactus. The seasonal occurrence of A. sylvaticum and the geographic distribution of this tick and of A. marmoreum, A. nuttalli, A. exornatum, A. latum and O. compactus are illustrated.

scholarly journals A century of tick taxonomy in South Africa : tick-borne diseases

2009 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I.G. Horak
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Species ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Ixodid Tick ◽  
Veterinary Importance ◽  
Argasid Tick

Eighty ixodid tick species, 25 argasid tick species and Nuttalliella namaqua occur in South Africa. Twenty-one of the 80 ixodid species and two of the argasid species occur only in this country, while N. namaqua is present only in South Africa and Namibia. Forty-six of the 80 ixodid species and 16 of the 25 argasid species as well as N. namaqua have been described as new species since 1908. People working in South Africa have written or contributed to the descriptions of 24 of these 63 new species, while foreign researchers have described the remainder. New species indigenous to South Africa are still being discovered, while the names of some species, well known because of their veterinary importance, have been altered.

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