“…During our study, 2 species were collected: (i) Dermacentor auratus is widespread in the Oriental Zoogeographic Region, having been recorded from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia (Hoogstraal et al, 1985b, Chen et al, 2010; this species parasitizes a broad range of mammalian hosts, including Suidae, Cervidae, Sciuridae, Felidae, Mustelidae, Ursidae, Rhinocerotidae, Canidae, Boidae, Tragulidae, Cercopithecidae, Hystricidae, Muridae, and humans, as well as members of the avian family Phasianidae (Guglielmone et al, 2014). Many rickettsiae, protozoa and viruses have been isolated from D. auratus, such as Anaplasma sp.…”