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Changes in the ranges of pasture ixodid ticks of the genus Ixodes Latr., 1795 (Parasitiformes, Ixodidae) in West Siberia

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The distribution pattern of two tick species, Ixodes persulcatus and Ixodes pavlovskyi, in the plain part of West Siberia is analyzed. The exact northern range boundary of I. persulcatus in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area is determined based on long-term data on the population density of adult and immature ticks (1960–2011). The shift of the southern boundary of the species range in West Siberia as related to anthropogenic transformation (reforestation measures, reduced or stopped sanitary forest cutting, road construction, etc.) is demonstrated. The specific traits of distribution of the taiga tick I. persulcatus in some localities of Southwest Siberia are analyzed. The modern state of the tick population in the areas co-inhabited by the two species is characterized. The possible reasons of changes in the structure of tick communities toward complete prevalence of I. pavlovskyi in recreational zones of Novosibirsk and Tomsk are discussed. The most significant changes in the distribution pattern of these two tick species in West Siberia seem to have occurred after 1990. During this period, the local stable populations of the taiga tick to the south of its main range in West Siberia (within Omsk and Novosibirsk provinces) were formed, the pattern of its distribution on the right bank of the Ob River (Novosibirsk Province) and in the Tom River valley (Tomsk Province) changed, whereas I. pavlovskyi became the dominant species.

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Original Russian Text © M.G. Malkova, V.V. Yakimenko, A.K. Tancev, 2012, published in Parazitologiya, 2012, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 369–383.

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Malkova, M.G., Yakimenko, V.V. & Tancev, A.K. Changes in the ranges of pasture ixodid ticks of the genus Ixodes Latr., 1795 (Parasitiformes, Ixodidae) in West Siberia. Entmol. Rev. 92, 1034–1044 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873812090114

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