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Abundance of Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Small Mammals in Forest Biotopes of the Middle Taiga Subzone of Karelia

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The species composition and abundance of ixodid ticks on small mammals were examined in forest biotopes of the middle taiga subzone of Karelia (Gomselga Village, Kondopozhskii District, 62.07°N, 33.96°E). In 2011–2017, a total of 455 specimens of small mammals were captured in snap traps (8316 trap-days), and 889 tick specimens were collected off these mammals. The ixodid ticks recorded on 7 species of small mammals (3 species of rodents and 4 species of shrews) belonged to 2 species: Ixodes persulcatus Schulze, 1930 and I. (Exopalpiger) trianguliceps Birula, 1895, with the dominance of I. persulcatus (59%). The abundance and location of individual population groups (hemipopulations) of ixodid ticks feeding on small mammals varied depending on the biotope type. A more humid biotope, namely a deciduous forest near a stream, was more favorable for I. (E.) trianguliceps, while I. persulcatus preferred drier and more heated soils in a mixed forest on a gentle slope.

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This work was supported by State Research Assignment 0218-2019-0075 at the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project 16-44-100109 p_a).

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    L. A. Bespyatova, S. V. Bugmyrin, S. A. Kutenkov & I. A. Nikonorova

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Bespyatova, L.A., Bugmyrin, S.V., Kutenkov, S.A. et al. Abundance of Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Small Mammals in Forest Biotopes of the Middle Taiga Subzone of Karelia. Entmol. Rev. 101, 273–281 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873821020147

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