Review of the Ixodid Tick Fauna (Acari: Ixodidae) of Vietnam

Abstract

Forty-eight species making up the tick fauna of Vietnam (genera Ixodes, Ixodes, Amblyomma, Aponomma, Haemaphysalis, Dermacentor, Hyalomma, Nosomma, Rhipicephalus, Boophilus) are reviewed, including one genus and nine species that are new records for Vietnam, as well as four species described by the author.

Tick Population in Goats and Sheep in Šabac

“…Both studied the temperature below which the activity of ticks is completely stopped and the temperature at which it expressed its full activity and found a significant relationship of tick activities and the degree of reduction of temperature for adult forms. This agrees with the data published about ticks in various part of Russia, Central Europe and the West Balkans (4,12,13,14,20,21,25,26,29,31).…”

“…During all the examinations, Ixodes ricinus was the most abundant tick species insheep and goats. The found species of ticks are most common in sheep and goats in the regions of the Western Balkans, Mediterranean and Central Europe (14,16,25,27,28,37,38,48).…”

“…All specimens were placed into glass specimen bottles which had a piece of hard paper inserted bearing the name of locality, name of host and date and hour of collection. The tick species and sex/gender were identified by morphometric characteristics (24,25,47).…”

Comments on controversial tick (Acari: Ixodida) species names and species described or resurrected from 2003 to 2008

“…Amblyomma orlovi (Kolonin, 1995) is considered a valid species by Camicas et al (1998) [under the genus Aponomma], Horak et al (2002) and Barker and Murrell (2004). It was originally described from Vietnam (Kolonin 1995), but later Kolonin (2003) concluded that his specimens of A. orlovi had originated in tropical West Africa.…”

“…It was originally described from Vietnam (Kolonin 1995), but later Kolonin (2003) concluded that his specimens of A. orlovi had originated in tropical West Africa. While we tentatively consider A. orlovi a valid name, our reading of the original description strongly suggests that this species is a junior synonym of A. transversale (Lucas, 1844).…”