First record of Haemaphysalis concinna (Acari: Ixodidae) in Lower Silesia, SW Poland

Abstract

Haemaphysalis concinna Koch is one of 19 species of the genus Haemaphysalis which has been reported in the Palearctic region. In Europe, the presence of H. concinna ticks has been reported in numerous countries. In Poland, to date, the precise occurrence of H. concinna was known only from one site in the northwestern region. This paper shows that H. concinna ticks can be considered a typical example of the tick fauna occurring in Lower Silesia, SW Poland. Tick monitoring was conducted using a standard flagging method in 24 sites in the various forest types of Lower Silesia. Among 1622 host-seeking ticks collected, H. concinna accounted for 2.7%. From the collected H. concinna there were: 25 (58.1%) larvae, 15 (34.9%) nymphs, 1 (2.3%) female, and 2 (4.7%) males. The presence of H. concinna was confirmed in 6 out of 24 tested sites in fresh mixed broadleaf forests, fresh mixed coniferous forests and in pastures.

Sympatric occurrence of Ixodes ricinus with Dermacentor reticulatus and Haemaphysalis concinna and the associated tick-borne pathogens near the German Baltic coast

“…The life cycle of H. concinna requires three different hosts (small or medium-sized mammals, birds or reptiles). It is an exophilic tick species that completes its developmental cycle within 3 years [ 19 , 20 ], and it can be found in different habitat types such as deciduous and mixed forests, river valleys, or in close proximity to lakes, in habitats of forest steppes and wet steppes [ 17 , 19 ]. A broad variety of known tick-borne pathogens have been detected in this tick species such as B. burgdorferi s.l.…”

First Detection of Mukawa Virus in Ixodes persulcatus and Haemaphysalis concinna in China

“…I. persulcatus is one of the most widely distributed tick species in the world, with the known boundary expanded to new endemic regions, for example, its newly identification in European countries in southern Karelia (Russia) and Sweden ( Cao et al, 2003 ; Tokarevich et al, 2011 ; Bugmyrin et al, 2013 ; Zhang et al, 2014 ; Jaenson et al, 2016 ; Wikel, 2018 ; Kjær et al, 2019 ; Madison-Antenucci et al, 2020 ). H. concinna is a widely distributed species in the temperate climate zone of Eurasia, within the belt of 28–64°N latitude, from the Spanish Atlantic coast to Kamchatka, Russia ( Rubel et al, 2018 ; Kiewra et al, 2019 ; Paulauskas et al, 2020 ). The current findings thus highlighted the potential role of these two tick species as vectors of transmitting MKWV.…”

The epidemiological survey of Coxiella burnetii in small ruminants and their ticks in western Iran

“…Each tick was placed in a separate encoded 2 ml tube, and 70% ethanol was added to each tube. Collected tick samples were transferred to the Parasitology Laboratory of the Veterinary Faculty of the Islamic Azad University of Sanandaj and were morphologically identified using taxonomic keys [33,34]. For DNA extraction and qPCR experiments, all blood samples and identified ticks were sent to the National Reference Laboratory for Plague, Tularemia, and Q fever of the Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases in Pasteur Institute of Iran under cold conditions.…”