Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019

Guglielmone, Alberto A.; Petney, Trevor N.; Robbins, Richard G.

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4871.1.1

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“…This includes the single record of Ixodes ventalloi (Beichel et al 1996;Petney et al 1996) and the redetermination of I. canisuga collected from red foxes in Thuringia (Meyer-Kayser et al 2012), that led to the first description of I. kaiseri in Germany (Hornok et al 2017). Currently, however, no exact location of I. kaiseri in Germany is known and the summary of descriptions and redescriptions of I. kaiseri shows that there are different opinions about the taxonomic status of this tick species (Guglielmone et al 2020). During the preparation of the present manuscript, a study appeared on the morphology of Pholeoixodes species with a pictorial key based on molecularly identified I. canisuga, I. hexagonus and I. kaiseri (Hornok et al 2021).…”

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Atlas of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Germany

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An updated and increased compilation of georeferenced tick locations in Germany is presented here. This data collection extends the dataset published some years ago by another 1448 new tick locations, 900 locations of which were digitized from literature and 548 locations are published here for the first time. This means that a total of 3492 georeferenced tick locations is now available for Germany. The tick fauna of Germany includes two species of Argasidae in the genera Argas and Carios and 19 species of Ixodidae in the genera Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, and Ixodes, altogether 21 tick species. In addition, three species of Ixodidae in the genera Hyalomma (each spring imported by migratory birds) and Rhipicephalus (occasionally imported by dogs returning from abroad with their owners) are included in the tick atlas. Of these, the georeferenced locations of 23 tick species are depicted in maps. The occurrence of the one remaining tick species, the recently described Ixodes inopinatus, is given at the level of the federal states. The most common and widespread tick species is Ixodes ricinus, with records in all 16 federal states. With the exception of Hamburg, Dermacentor reticulatus was also found in all federal states. The occurrence of the ixodid ticks Ixodes canisuga, Ixodes frontalis, Ixodes hexagonus and I. inopinatus were documented in at least 11 federal states each. The two mentioned argasid tick species were also documented in numerous federal states, the pigeon tick Argas reflexus in 11 and the bat tick Carios vespertilionis in seven federal states. The atlas of ticks in Germany and the underlying digital dataset in the supplement can be used to improve global tick maps or to study the effects of climate change and habitat alteration on the distribution of tick species.

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Atlas of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Germany

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“…Ticks are second only to insects as vectors of human diseases, and are the most important vectors of livestock diseases especially in tropical countries [1]. Ticks, hematophagous ectoparasitic arthropods belonging to the order Ixodida of the class Arachnida, comprise two main families: the Argasidae (soft ticks) with 218 species [2] and the Ixodidae (hard ticks) with 742 species [3]. Ticks are widely distributed around the world, in particular in countries with warm, humid climates.…”

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How relevant are in vitro culture models for study of tick-pathogen interactions?

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Moutailler

Attoui

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Pathogens and Global Health

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Although tick-borne infectious diseases threaten human and animal health worldwide, with constantly increasing incidence, little knowledge is available regarding vector-pathogen interactions and pathogen transmission. In vivo laboratory study of these subjects using live, intact ticks is expensive, labor-intensive, and challenging from the points of view of biosafety and ethics. Several in vitro models have been developed, including over 70 continuous cell lines derived from multiple tick species and a variety of tick organ culture systems, facilitating many research activities. However, some limitations have to be considered in the translation of the results from the in vitro environment to the in vivo situation of live, intact ticks, and vertebrate hosts. In this review, we describe the available in vitro models and selected results from their application to the study of tick-borne viruses, bacteria, and protozoa, where possible comparing these results to studies in live, intact ticks. Finally, we highlight the strengths and weaknesses of in vitro tick culture models and their essential role in tick-borne pathogen research.

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“…The nymph of I. australiensis, I. hydromyidis, I. luxuriosus ( [25] wrote that the nymph of I. luxuriosus had not been described, although there is a brief description of it in [26]), I. steini, I. tasmani, I. victoriensis and I. woyliei have been described [8, 19,22,24,26]. Unfortunately, all of these published descriptions and illustrations are too brief for con dent comparison.…”

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Description of the female, nymph and larva and mitochondrial genome, and redescription of the male, of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a consideration of the most suitable subgenus for this tick

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Shao

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Background Ixodes barkeri, a tick with a distinctive ventrolateral horn-like projection on palpal segment 1, was described in 2019 from two male ticks from the Wet Tropics of Far North Queensland, Australia. However, females lie at the core of the taxonomy and subgenus classification of Ixodes, hence we sought specimens of female ticks, successfully recovering females, plus nymphs and larvae. Mitochondrial genomes are also desirable additions to the descriptions of species of ticks particularly with regard to subgenus systematics. So, we sequenced the mt genomes of I. barkeri Barker, 2019 and the possible relatives of I. barkeri that were available to us (I. australiensis Neumann, 1904, I. fecialis Warburton & Nuttall, 1909, and I. woyliei Ash et al. 2017) with a view to discovering which if any of the subgenera of Ixodes would be most suitable for I. barkeri Barker, 2019. Results The female, nymph, larva, and mitochondrial genome of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 are described for the first time and the male of I. barkeri is redescribed in greater detail than previously. So far, I. barkeri is known only from a monotreme, the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792), from the highland-rainforests of Far North Queensland, Australia. Conclusions Our phylogeny from entire mitochondrial genomes indicated that I. barkeri, and indeed I. woyliei Ash et al. 2017, another tick that was described recently, are best placed in the subgenus Endopalpiger Schulze, 1935.

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Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019

Cited by 528 publications

References 42 publications

Atlas of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Germany

Atlas of ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) in Germany

How relevant are in vitro culture models for study of tick-pathogen interactions?

Description of the female, nymph and larva and mitochondrial genome, and redescription of the male, of Ixodes barkeri Barker, 2019 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the short-beaked echidna, Tachyglossus aculeatus, with a consideration of the most suitable subgenus for this tick

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