Redescription of <i>Haemaphysalis flava</i> and <i>Ixodes tanuki</i> collected from a raccoon dog in Korea

, Lee, W K; , Lim, J W; , Lee, S Y; , Lee, I Y

doi:1997.35.1.1

Korean J Parasito > Volume 35(1):1997 > Article

Original Article


Korean J Parasitol. 1997 Mar;35(1):1-8. Korean. Published online Mar 20, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.1997.35.1.1
Copyright © 1997 by The Korean Society for Parasitology


Redescription of Haemaphysalis flava and Ixodes tanuki collected from a raccoon dog in Korea
W K Lee,J W Lim,S Y Lee and I Y Lee^*
Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Chonju 560-756, Korea.

Received November 25, 1996; Accepted January 25, 1997.
Abstract
A total of 135 hard ticks consisting of 2 species of 2 genera, 117 Haemaphysalis flava and 18 Ixodes tanuki, were collected from a Korean raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis) caught at the Moaksan (Mt.). Chollabuk-do, Korea in March 1995. It is the first record that I. tanuki appears in the Korean fauna.

Figures

Fig. 1
Haemaphysalis flava feamle. A, Capitulum, ventral. B, Coxa. C, Whole body, ventral. D, Spiracle. E, Capitulum, dorsal. F, Scutum, dorsal. A = anus; Als = alloscutum; Bc = basis capitulli; C-IV = coxa-IV; Cg = cervical groove; F = festoons; G= goblets; Ga = genital aperture; Hyp = hypostome; Lg = lateral groove; M = macula; P = palp; P-IV = palp article-IV; Pa = porose area; Sc = scutum; Sp = spiracular plate.


	Fig. 2 Haemaphysalis flava male. A, Capitulum, ventral. B, Whole body, ventral. C, Capitulum, dorsal. D, Whole boby, dorsal.


	Fig. 3 Ixodes tanuki female. A, Capitulum, ventral. B, Coxa. C, Whole body, ventral. D, Spiracle. E, Capitulum, dorsal. F, Scutum, dorsal. C-I = coxa-I.


	Fig. 4 Ixodes tanuki female. A, Capitulum, ventral. B, Whole body, ventral. C, Capitulum, dorsal. D, Whole body, dorsal.

Tables


	Table 1 Hard ticks collected from a Korean raccoon dog


	Table 2 Measurements of Ixodes tanuki from a Korean raccoon dog

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