| ixodes inopinatus - occurring also outside the mediterranean region. | we report the presence of ixodes inopinatus and its sympatric occurrence with ixodes ricinus in southeastern germany, western austria, and romania. the identification of i. inopinatus was based on morphological and molecular 16s rrna and 12s rrna gene features. we also report the finding of rickettsia monacensis and rickettsia helvetica in i. inopinatus collected from a fox and a sheep in romania. although the vector competence of i. inopinatus for these pathogens remains to be proven, there is ... | 2017 | 28935402 |
| morphological anomalies in ixodes ricinus and ixodes inopinatus collected from tick-borne encephalitis natural foci in central europe. | in 2015, 0.02% nymphs displayed anomalies (ectromely) out of the 6744 collected ticks as part of a tick-borne encephalitis program in germany. in 2016, questing ixodes ricinus (n = 14,527) and ixodes inopinatus (n = 75) ticks were collected by flagging as part of a tick-borne encephalitis program in germany, slovakia and denmark. a total of 278 (1.9%) out of 14,602 nymph and adult ticks showed morphological anomalies. the anomalies were divided into general anomalies (body asymmetry) and local a ... | 2017 | 28755284 |
| description of all the stages of ixodes inopinatus n. sp. (acari: ixodidae). | all of the parasitic stages of ixodes inopinatus n. sp. are described from specimens collected by flagging and on lizards and foxes. the new species replaces i. ricinus in dry areas of the mediterranean region in spain, portugal, morocco, algeria and tunisia. it has also been collected in areas of western germany in sympatry with i. ricinus, far of its known distribution range and on an unusual host. the females of the new species can be separated from i. ricinus by the relative dimensions and p ... | 2014 | 25108790 |