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Ixodes apronophorus Schulze, 1924 (Fig. 63)

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This tick is a nest-dwelling species with distinct habitat requirements. It is associated with marshes, bogs, well vegetated wetlands or moist forests. It is a rare tick found on small mammals sharing wet habitats.

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  1. Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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    Andrei Daniel Mihalca

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Sándor, A.D. (2017). Ixodes apronophorus Schulze, 1924 (Fig. 63). In: Estrada-Peña, A., Mihalca, A., Petney, T. (eds) Ticks of Europe and North Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63760-0_36

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