Table 2.

Outstanding locations of D. reticulatus and D. marginatus findings in Germany.

Tick species	Location	District	Federal State	No. of ticks/engorgement status	Host/circumstance of finding	Remarks
D. reticulatus	Bordesholm	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	Schleswig-Holstein	50 (22 females, 27 males), mostly engorged	Dog, found after a hunting expedition
	Dörpstedt	Schleswig-Flensburg	Schleswig-Holstein	2 (1 female, 1 male), unengorged	Horses on pasture	Horses travelled to St. Peter Ording (North Sea coast) 7 days earlier
	Island of Föhr	Nordfriesland	Schleswig-Holstein	1 unengorged female	Dog
	Island of Rügen	Vorpommern-Rügen	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	2 partially engorged males	Dog/inside apartment	2 independent sendings
D. marginatus	Behren	Rostock	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	1 unengorged female	Cat (no travel history)	Species confirmed by PCR/sequencing
	Herne	Herne	North Rhine-Westphalia	1 unengorged male	Dog	Species confirmed by PCR/sequencing