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. 2012 Jul 28;59(3):351–366. doi: 10.1007/s10493-012-9600-7

Table 1.

Total number of records for each tick species as recorded in the western Palearctic, after a literature survey updated with data from curated collections and covering approximately the years 1975–2010

Species N  %
Dermacentor marginatus 734 7.1
Dermacentor reticulatus 882 8.6
Haemaphysalis punctata 479 4.7
Haemaphysalis sulcata 298 2.9
Hyalomma anatolicum 12 0.1
Hyalomma excavatum 211 2.1
Hyalomma impeltatum 8 0.1
Hyalomma lusitanicum 526 5.1
Hyalomma marginatum 787 7.7
Hyalomma scupense 135 1.3
Ixodes canisuga 8 0.1
Ixodes hexagonus 7 0.1
Ixodes ricinus 4,554 44.3
Rhipicephalus annulatus 201 2.0
Rhipicephalus bursa 960 9.3
Rhipicephalus sanguineus group 478 4.6
Total 10,280

A high percentage (60 %) of the records of Hy. excavatum were unreliably georeferenced. As a result, they were used only for assessment of host usage