The Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Taiwan: A Synonymic Checklist
Abstract
Eleven checklists of Taiwanese ticks, published or privately circulated between 1935 and 1984, are compared with specimen records, chiefly in the U.S. National Tick Collection, yielding a list of 32 tick species thought to definitely occur in Taiwan and its adjacent islets; Argas pusillus Kohls, A. robertsi Hoogstraal, Kaiser & Kohls, Ornithodoros capensis Neumann, Amblyomma cordiferum Neumann, A. geoemydae (Cantor), A. helvolum Koch, A. testudinarium Koch, Aponomma varanense (Supino), Boophilus microplus (Canestrini), Dermacentor taiwanensis Sugimoto, Haemaphysalis bandicota Hoogstraal & Kohls, H. canestrinii (Supino), H. doenitzi Warburton & Nuttall, H. flava Neumann, H. formosensis Neumann, H. hystricis Supino, H. kitaokai Hoogstraal, H. mageshimaensis Saito & Hoogstraal, H. ornithophila Hoogstraal & Kohls, H. phasiana Saito, Hoogstraal & Wassef, H. taiwana Sugimoto, H. yeni Toumanoff, Ixodes acutitarsus (Karsch), I. granulatus Supino, I. kuntzi Hoogstraal & Kohls, I. nipponensis Kitaoka & Saito, L ovatus Neumann, L persulcatus Schulze, L simplex Neumann, I. vespertilionis Koch, Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides (Supino), and R. sanguineus (Latreille). An additional 13 tick species previously believed to occur in Taiwan are excluded from this list.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA506758
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People
- Richard G. Robbins