Table 1.

Ixodid and Argasid Tick Cell Lines Known to Be Currently in Existence, Most of Which Can Be Obtained from http://tickcells.roslin.ac.uk

Tick species	Instar	Number of cell lines	References
Ixodid
Amblyomma americanum	Embryo	2	Kurtti et al. 2005, Singu et al. 2006
Amblyomma variegatum	Molting larva	2	Bell-Sakyi et al. 2000, Bell-Sakyi 2004
Dermacentor albipictus	Embryo	1	Munderloh et al. 1996
Dermacentor andersoni	Embryo	3	Simser et al. 2001, Kurtti et al. 2005
Dermacentor nitens	Embryo	1	Kurtti et al. 1983
Dermacentor variabilis	Embryo	2	Yunker et al. 1981b, Kurtti et al. 2005
Hyalomma anatolicum	Embryo	5	Bell-Sakyi 1991
Ixodes scapularis	Embryo	7	Munderloh et al. 1994, Kurtti et al. 1996
Ixodes ricinus	Embryo	4	Simser et al. 2002, Bell-Sakyi 2004, Bell-Sakyi et al. 2007
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus	Embryo Molting nymph	2 3	Varma et al. 1975, Kurtti et al. 1982, Bell-Sakyi 1992, Bekker et al. 2002
Rhipicephalus evertsi	Embryo	2	Bell-Sakyi, unpublished data
Rhipicephalus sanguineus	Embryo	1	Kurtti et al. 1982
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus	Embryo	3	Bell-Sakyi 2004, Lallinger et al. 2010
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus	Embryo	9	Holman and Ronald 1980, Holman 1981, Kurtti et al. 1988, Bell-Sakyi 1992, 2004, unpublished data
Argasid
Carios capensis	Embryo	4	Kurtti et al. 2005, Mattila et al. 2007
Ornithodoros moubata	Embryo	6	Bell-Sakyi et al. 2009