A HANDBOOK TO THE TICKS (Ixodida: Ixodidae, Argasidae) OF CANADA

Evert E. Lindquist’s approach to the taxonomic impediment in Acarology: Diversity in specialization through 60 years of systematics research and beyond

“…Throughout his career, Evert has published over 125 scientific articles , representing 96 peerreviewed publications, 10 book chapters 42, 43, 69-73, 100, 101, 104 , two books 74,122 , and over a dozen miscellaneous publications on mites. In total, he has published over 4100 pages.…”

Molecular Characterization of Haemaphysalis Species and a Molecular Genetic Key for the Identification of Haemaphysalis of North America

“…However, subsequent investigations of archived specimens revealed that H. longicornis collected as early as 2010 had been previously misidentified as the native rabbit tick, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (5). With the introduction of H. longicornis, there are now four Haemaphysalis species known in North America: H. leporispalustris, found throughout the Americas and primarily infesting lagomorphs (23,24); Haemaphysalis juxtakochi ranging throughout the Neotropics with cervids or other larger mammals as primary hosts, though it has been found parasitizing migratory neotropical birds (25)(26)(27); and Haemaphysalis chordeilis, sporadically collected from avian species throughout the United States and Canada (28,29). These ticks all have wide and, in some places, overlapping distributions.…”

Arthropods of Canadian grasslands: a retrospective of a 40-year project of the Biological Survey of Canada

“…Thus, providing this option appears to have provided little tangible benefit for dissemination of the series. Uptake of the print-on-demand option has been greater for other BSC monographs; e.g., 70 copies of A Handbook to the Ticks of Canada (Ixodida: Ixodidae, Argasidae) (Lindquist et al 2016) have been sold in the first four months since its release (D. Langor, personal communication). However, linking to the chapters through online sites shows that chapters are being downloaded and viewed.…”

“…To reduce costs for the authors, page charges were at least partially subsidised by the BSC's publishing arm for authors with limited funds. This hybrid model of free PDFs with the option to purchase print copies has since been adopted for other BSC monographs (e.g., Lindquist et al 2016).…”

“…In contrast, our taxonomic knowledge of ticks (Acari: Ixodida) is essentially complete. A recent synthesis reviews each of the 40 species (10 genera) reported in Canada (Lindquist et al 2016).…”