An Illustrated Guide to the Identification of Ticks.

      Аннотация: The present identification guide has associated with the 24 tick species that feed on domestic animals in Iran. These comprise six argasid (soft) ticks: Alveonasus canestrinii Birula, 1895, Alveonasus lahorensis Neumann, 1908 (Middle East sheep tampan), Ornithodoros tholozani Laboulbène & Mégnin 1882 (cave tick), Otobius megnini Dugès, 1883 (spinose ear tick), Argas persicus Oken, 1818 (fowl tick), Argas hermanni Audouin 1927 (African bird argasid); and 18 ixodid (hard) ticks, Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1758 (castor bean tick), Haemaphysalis concinna Koch, 1844 (relict tick), Haemaphysalis inermis Birula, 1895, Haemaphysalis parva Neumann, 1897, Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini & Fanzago, 1878 (red sheep tick), Haemaphysalis sulcata Canestrini & Fanzago, 1878, Rhipicephalus annulatus Say, 1821, Rhipicephalus bursa Canestrini & Fanzago, 1878, Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille, 1806 (brown dog tick), Dermacentor marginatus Sulzer, 1776 (ornate sheep tick), Dermacentor raskemensis Pomerantzev, 1946, Hyalomma anatolicum Koch, 1844 (small Anatolian Hyalomma), Hyalomma asiaticum Schulze & Schlottke, 1930 (Asiatic Hyalomma), Hyalomma dromedarii Koch, 1844 (camel Hyalomma).

Ключевые слова: Ixodida; Holistic system; Illustrated diagnostic guide, identification