Table 1.

Number of georeferenced ixodid tick sampling sites in Germany compiled in this study

No. Sites	Species	Accuracy	References
661	I. ricinus	h	MM, OK
1	I. ricinus	h	[4]
13	I. ricinus	h	[11]
217	I. ricinus	u	[9,12]
8	I. ricinus	h	[13]
10	I. ricinus	h	[14]
776	I. ricinus	u	[3]
6	I. ricinus	h	[15]
6	I. ricinus	h	[16,17]
20	I. ricinus	h	[18]
9	I. ricinus	h	[19]
5	I. ricinus	h	[20]
58	I. ricinus	l	[21]
64	I. ricinus	l	[22]
1	I. ricinus	m	[23]
1	I.apronophorus	m	[23]
1	I. frontalis	h	[24]
1	I. hexagonus	h	[4]
3	I. trianguliceps	h	[16,17]
1	I. trianguliceps	m	[23]
2	D. marginatus	h	[25]
75	D. marginatus	l	[26]
6	D. reticulatus	h	HD, MM
2	D. reticulatus	h	[11]
4	D. reticulatus	h	[13]
6	D. reticulatus	h	[27]
10	D. reticulatus	m	[28]
2	D. reticulatus	h	[16,17]
28	D. reticulatus	h	[7]
242	D. reticulatus	h	[25]
2	D. reticulatus	m	[5,6]
9	D. reticulatus	l	[29]
2	D. reticulatus	l	[22]
1	D. reticulatus	l	[30]
3	Ha. concinna	h	HD, MM
1	Ha. concinna	h	[4]
1	Ha. concinna	h	[13]
3	Ha. concinna	l	[22]
1	Hy. marginatum	h	[31]
2,044	Total

Sampling sites not referenced were contributed by the authors MM (639 sites in Lower Saxony), HD and OK (31 sites in Berlin and in the federal state of Brandenburg).