A new record of Ixodes pavlovskyi Pomerantzev from Hokkaido, Japan (Acari : Ixodidae) - Concepedia

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A new record of Ixodes pavlovskyi Pomerantzev from Hokkaido, Japan (Acari : Ixodidae)

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1992

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Minoru Nakao, Kenji Miyamoto, Shigeo Kitaoka

Medical Entomology and Zoology

Terrestrial ArthropodArthropod TaxonomyEntomologyEvolutionary BiologyI. NipponensisIxodes PersulcatusIxodid Tick SpeciesNew RecordParasitologyTick-borne Disease

Abstract

The ixodid tick species closely related with Ixodes persulcatus and I. nipponensis is recorded from Hokkaido, Japan, for the first time. The fieldcollected unfed adults and the laboratory-reared immatures are identified as I. pavlovskyi Pomerantzev that is new to Japan.