TABLE 1.

Summary of pyrosequencing data

Sample origin	Tick species	No. of ticks	Replicate no.	MID used	No. of raw reads	No. of reads after quality control	Shannon index	Simpson index
Tromelin Island	Carios capensis	5	1	MID1	14,743	13,652	1.63	2.48
			2	MID2	15,738	14,243	1.61	2.46
Juan de Nova Island	Carios capensis	5	1	MID3	15,115	13,423	3.71	6.88
			2	MID7	17,259	15,292	4.23	11.07
La Réunion Island	Carios capensis	5	1	MID9	13,691	12,417	1.79	2.02
			2	MID10	16,395	14,838	1.63	1.88
La Réunion Island	Amblyomma loculosum	5	1	MID11	17,336	15,746	1.47	2.27
			2	MID12	15,065	13,418	1.54	2.35