First records of Hyalomma rufipes and Ixodes neitzi (Acari: Ixodidae) found on large carnivores in South Africa

Anna H. Baauw; Heloise Heyne; Kathryn S. Williams; Russell A. Hill; Ignas M.A. Heitkönig; Samual T. Williams

doi:10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.08.011

First records of Hyalomma rufipes and Ixodes neitzi (Acari: Ixodidae) found on large carnivores in South Africa

Anna H. Baauw^*, Heloise Heyne, Kathryn S. Williams, Russell A. Hill, Ignas M.A. Heitkönig, Samual T. Williams

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Abstract

Ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are important disease vectors for large carnivores, but the composition of the tick communities that parasitize carnivores is poorly understood. We collected ticks from leopards (Panthera pardus) and brown hyenas (Hyaena brunnea) in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa, to determine which species feed on these carnivores. We identified a total of eight tick species belonging to six genera, and recorded Ixodes neitzi and Hyalomma rufipes on P. pardus for the first time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	128-131
Journal	Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Volume	10
Issue number	1
Early online date	17 Aug 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.08.011
Publication status	Published - Jan 2019

Keywords

Brown hyena
Hyalomma rufipes
Ixodes neitzi
Leopard

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First records of Hyalomma rufipes and Ixodes neitzi (Acari: Ixodidae) found on large carnivores in South Africa

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