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