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Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus 1756
Authors/Creators
- 1. National Genetic Laboratory, 2 Zdrave Str., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria, e-mail: yanagradinarova @ abv. bg
Description
Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1756 (Fig. 1)
Material examined: Sakar Mts, NE of Balgarska Polyana Vill., edge of mixed forest, roadside vegetation (Fig. 3), 42°02'23.4"N 26°12'34.8"E, 415 m. a.s.l., 12.v.2024, 1 ♀ (BFUS-ACR 000014), net sweeping, D. Gradinarov leg.
Notes: In Bulgaria I. ricinus is one of the most widespread tick species, as it prevails in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas with sufficient humidity (Georgieva & Gecheva 2013). This species is dependent on a humid microclimate and is less tolerant of excessive heat and desiccation (Estrada-Peñа et al. 2017). It seems that the arid conditions in the Sakar Mountains are the reason for this single finding in the present study.
Notes
Published as part of Kolarova, Nevena, Gradinarov, Denis & Petrova, Yana, 2024, Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodida) in Sakar Mountains, SE Bulgaria, pp. 20-31 in ZooNotes 2024 (S 15) on page 21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13257667
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BFUS-
- Material sample ID
- ACR000014
- Event date
- 2024-05-12
- Verbatim event date
- 2024-05-12
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Ixodida
- Family
- Ixodidae
- Genus
- Ixodes
- Species
- ricinus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ixodes ricinus Linnaeus, 1756 sec. Kolarova, Gradinarov & Petrova, 2024
References
- Georgieva, G. & Gecheva, G. (2013) Fauna Bulgarica. 32. Acari. Ordo Ixodida, familia Ixodidae. Editio Academica Professor Marin Drinov, Sofia, 226 pp. (in Bulgarian).
- Estrada-Pena, A. Mihalca, A. D. & Petney, T. N. (2017) Ticks of Europe and North Africa: A Guide to Species Identification. Springer, 404 pp.