Ticks of North-West Europe: keys and notes for identification of the species

Adult female Adult male aegyptium animals Argas reflexus argasids arrowed auriculae Babesia babesiosis Biology and Ecology birds mentioned body boutonneuse fever capitulum chelicerae Cornua coxa deer Dermacentor marginatus Dermacentor reticulatus Diagnosis Disease Relationships Dorsal view eggs external spur female basis female capitulum genital aperture Haemaphysalis concinna Haemaphysalis punctata host Hyalomma hypostome infected Ixodes acuminatus Ixodes arboricola Ixodes canisuga Ixodes frontalis Ixodes hexagonus Ixodes ricinus Ixodes trianguliceps Ixodes uriae Ixodes ventalloi ixodids larvae length of male length of unfed longer than wide Lyme disease mammals mammals and birds Material figured names of mammals NW Europe nymph occurs Overall length palp article Palps Palps short parasitic parasitised pheromones porose areas posterior margin Rhipicephalus sanguineus Rickettsia rothschildi sand martin scientific names sclerotised scutum sheep small mammals species spirochaete Tarsus text are tabled tick Fig tick-borne tularemia unfed female unfed nymph unicavatus vector ventral view vespertilionis view of female virus width of basis