Medical Entomology and Zoology (1997) 48, 79-81

Hiromi Fujita and Yoshimasa Tsuboi (1997)
[Additional records of the ixodid ticks (Acarina: Ixodidae) collected in Tokunoshima Island]
Medical Entomology and Zoology 48 (1), 79-81
Abstract: Five species of the ixodid ticks, Amblyomma testudinarium Koch, Dermacentor taiwanensis Sugimoto, Haemaphysalis formosensis Neumann, Haemaphysalis sp. T and Ixodes turdus Nakatsuji, were collected on vegetation or a wild boar in Tokunoshima Island of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in December 1995. Of these, Ixodes turdus is a new record in the fauna of Tokunoshima Island.
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(original language: Japanese)

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Amblyomma testudinarium		Japan
	Dermacentor taiwanensis		Japan