Ticks of North-West Europe: Keys and Notes for Identification of the SpeciesLinnean Society of London and the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association, 1996 - Ixodidae - 178 pages |
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... parasitic animals ... " - ARISTOTLE Ticks are parasites which attach firmly to the skin while feeding on blood . They feed on the blood of humans and other terrestrial mammals , birds , reptiles and , rarely , amphibians . Because of ...
... parasitic animals ... " - ARISTOTLE Ticks are parasites which attach firmly to the skin while feeding on blood . They feed on the blood of humans and other terrestrial mammals , birds , reptiles and , rarely , amphibians . Because of ...
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... parasitic or carnivorous Toothed hypostome present Either two or none Absent All parasitic Number of species worldwide More than 70,000 At least 825 a b C d Fig . 1. Ixodidae . A. 4.
... parasitic or carnivorous Toothed hypostome present Either two or none Absent All parasitic Number of species worldwide More than 70,000 At least 825 a b C d Fig . 1. Ixodidae . A. 4.
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... Parasitic insects : Several species of hymenopteran wasps and dipterous flies are recognised as parasites of ticks . The best known is the cosmopolitan chalcid wasp Ixodiphagus hookeri ( = I. caucurtei ) which was noted as a tick parasite ...
... Parasitic insects : Several species of hymenopteran wasps and dipterous flies are recognised as parasites of ticks . The best known is the cosmopolitan chalcid wasp Ixodiphagus hookeri ( = I. caucurtei ) which was noted as a tick parasite ...
Contents
Diseases carried by ticks in NW Europe | 22 |
Methods of collection and control | 34 |
Aspects of tick biology | 43 |
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Adult female Adult male aegyptium argasids arrowed auriculae Babesia babesiosis basis and coxa Biology and Ecology birds mentioned Borrelia burgdorferi capitulum chelicerae coll Cornua coxa Dermacentor marginatus Dermacentor reticulatus Diagnosis Disease Relationships Dorsal view external spur feeding female basis female capitulum genital opening Haemaphysalis concinna Haemaphysalis punctata host Hyalomma hypostome infected internal Ixodes acuminatus Ixodes arboricola Ixodes caledonicus 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 Nuttall NW Europe nymph Ornithodoros Overall length palp article Palps Palps short parasites parasitised porose areas posterior margin Rhipicephalus sanguineus Rickettsia sand martin scientific names sclerotised scutum species spirochaete spur on coxa Tarsus text are tabled tick Fig tick-borne encephalitis tularemia unfed female unfed nymph vector vespertilionis view of female virus width of basis