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. 2016 May 10;9:207. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1480-y

Table 1.

Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) previously recorded on dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), cats (Felis catus), and horses (Equus ferus caballus) in Australia

Host species
Tick species Canis lupus familiaris Felis catus Equus ferus caballus References
Amblyomma moreliae [46]
Amblyomma triguttatum ornatissimum [47]
Amblyomma triguttatum queenslandense [47]
Amblyomma triguttatum triguttatum [4749]
Bothriocroton auruginans [46]
Bothriocroton fimbriatum [46]
Bothriocroton hydrosauri a [14]
Haemaphysalis bancrofti [50, 51]
Haemaphysalis bremneri [50]
Haemaphysalis longicornis b [14]
Haemaphysalis novaeguineae [50]
Ixodes australiensis [52]
Ixodes cornuatus [52]
Ixodes fecialis [52]
Ixodes hirsti [52]
Ixodes holocyclus [52]
Ixodes myrmecobii [14]
Ixodes tasmani [52, 53]
Rhipicephalus australis b [45, 54]
Rhipicephalus sanguineus b [54]

aMay be attributable to Bothriocroton tachyglossi [40, 88]

bIntroduced species. All other species are native to Australia