The Hard Ticks of the World (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae)

About this book

Hard ticks (family Ixodidae) are obligately blood-feeding ectoparasites of all classes of vertebrates except fishes. They occur worldwide and are preeminent among hematophagous arthropods for the variety of infectious agents that they transmit to humans and other animals. Because hard ticks have long been a focus of medical and veterinary research, the literature on this group is both voluminous and diffuse, with the result that those seeking information on a particular species are often at a loss as to where to turn.

The Hard Ticks of the World addresses that problem. Working as a team, six leading authorities on the Ixodidae have summarized current, essential information for every one of the world's 700+ hard tick species. Under each species name, readers will find a discussion of the original taxonomic description, followed by sections on type depositories, known life history stages, distribution by zoogeographic region and ecoregion, principal and exceptional hosts, and human parasitism. Each species account concludes with a list of salient references and, where necessary, remarks on any unresolved issues warranting further research or important species-specific information, such as introductions into regions outside a species' natural range or collections from novel hosts. No similar synopsis of the world's hard tick species has ever been attempted.

Contents

Introduction

Part I – The Genus Ixodes
Remarks on some invalid names
Individual species accounts

Part II – THE GENUS Haemaphysalis
Remarks on some invalid names
Individual species accounts

Part III – THE GENUS Amblyomma
Remarks on some invalid names
Individual species accounts

Part IV – THE GENUS Rhipicephalus
Remarks on some invalid names
Individual species accounts

Part V – THE GENUS Dermacentor
General comment and remarks on some invalid names
Individual species accounts

Part VI – THE GENUS Hyalomma
General comment and remarks on an invalid name
Individual species accounts

Part VII – The Genera Anomalohimalaya, Bothriocroton, Cosmiomma, Compluriscutula, Cornupalpatum, Margaropus, Nosomma, and Rhipicentor
The genus Anomalohimalaya
The genus Bothriocroton
The genus Cosmiomma
The genus Compluriscutula (fossil)
The genus Cornupalpatum (fossil)
The genus Margaropus
The genus Nosomma
The genus Rhipicentor

Part VIII – SYNOPSIS
Ticks feeding on humans
Distribution
Hosts
Species with broad distributions
Type Depository Acronyms

Customer Reviews