Table 1. Tick species and stages collected in Hungary, shown according to their bat hosts.
Five females and two nymphs of I. ariadnae, which were collected from cave walls (Ariadne Cave System), are not included.
| Tick | Bat (number of ticks per number of bats) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vespertilionidae | Rhinolophidae | Miniopteridae | |||||||||||
| Species | Stage | MALC | MBEC | MNAT | MEMA | MDAU | MDAS | MMYO | PAUR | BBAR | RHIP | REUR | MSCH |
| Ixodes ariadnae | larva | 4/2 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 6/6 | 5/3 | 5/2 | - | 1/1 | - | 1/1 | - | - |
| nymph | - | 4/4 | - | 4/3 | - | - | 1/1 | 3/3 | - | - | - | - | |
| female | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Ixodes vespertilionis | larva | 1/1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1/1 | - | 8/7 | - | - | |
| nymph | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6/4 | - | - | |
| female | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2/1 | 1/1 | - | |
| Ixodes simplex | larva | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1/1 | - | - | 23/10 |
| nymph | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11/10 | |
| female | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4/4 | |
Abbreviations: MALC- Myotis alcathoe, MBEC—My. bechsteinii, MNAT—My. nattereri, MEMA—My. emarginatus, MDAU—My. daubentonii, MDAS—My. dasycneme, MMYO—My. myotis, PAUR—Plecotus auritus, BBAR—Barbastella barbastellus, RHIP—Rhinolophus hipposideros, REUR—R. euryale, MSCH—Miniopterus schreibersii.