Fauna Europaea (faunaeur.org) describes three main groups of ticks (1–4) on European ruminants.
- 1.
Species restricted to the Mediterranean area:
- (a)
Hyalomma annulatus, H. lusitanicum, H. marginatum, H. punctata, H. scupense, H. sulcata
- (b)
Rhipicephalus bursa, R. annulatus
- (a)
- 2.
Species occurring widely in the Palearctic:
Ixodes ricinus
- 3.
Species in mild “Atlantic” regions:
Dermacentor marginatus
- 4.
Other wider spread species:
Rhipicephalus turanicus, R. sanguineus, Dermacentor reticulatus, Ixodes hexagonus, I. gibosus
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Ticks of European Ruminants. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_5009-1
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