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Types of Parasitism of Hard Ticks (Ixodidae)

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Critical revision of the terms “pasture (non-nidicole) type of parasitism” and “nest-and-burrow (nidicole) type of parasitism” widespread in the literature forces us to abandon these terms. All the hard ticks are characterized by the same type of parasitism: they belong to a group of temporary ectoparasites with prolonged feeding (Balashov, 2009). By the type of habitat of non-parasitic life stages these parasites can be subdivided into ecological groups of nidobionts (dwellers of nests and burrows) and nemobionts (comprising ticks dwelling outside nests and burrows at non-parasitic life stages).

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Leonovich, S.A. Types of Parasitism of Hard Ticks (Ixodidae). Entmol. Rev. 100, 1201–1204 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873820080126

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